Work creativity manifested in innovative workplace behavior (IWB) and employee work engagement is fundamental to maintaining firm’s sustainability and competitiveness. In this regard, this study investigates the supporting effect of innovative leadership on IWB and employee engagement by maximizing employee vigor, dedication, and absorption. The study data were collected using a questionnaire-based technique, and the questionnaires were administered to 150 respondents working in mobile phone companies in Southern and Central Iraq. The results were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and SmartPLS software. The study results revealed that inclusive leadership and work engagement were significantly related to IWB, and work engagement played a mediating role between inclusive leadership and IWB. The findings further indicated that inclusive leadership behaviors such as openness, accessibility, and availability motivated the subordinates to be engaged in IWB. To promote IWB, company leaders need to effectively engage their followers by taking pride and satisfaction in employee output, which might help employee work engagement and IWB.

This study sheds light on role of behavioral integration of senior management in effectiveness of strategic decision-making processes at the level of Iraqi private educational institutions. The goal of research was to focus attention of administration of private colleges, research community, to importance of the integrative behavioral role of senior administration in effectiveness of process of making its strategic decisions. Private colleges scattered in Karbala governorate were chosen as a community for research, as questionnaire was distributed to an intentional sample of (61) respondents from members of councils, directors of branches and departments, and officials of people and units in private colleges. Some statistical indicators (descriptive and analytical) were used using statistical program (SPSS V.28). Most important finding of research is existence of a correlation relationship and a moral effect between research variables included in first and second main hypothesis in order to achieve effectiveness of strategic decision-making by adopting integrative behavioral role of senior management members in the private colleges operating in holy governorate of Karbala.