Analyzing the Significance of Transformational Leadership on Organizational Creativity of Employees: A Case of Insurance Companies in Jordan

Abstract

The study aims to conduct an assessment of defining qualities of a transformational leader and the role of such leaders in intellectually inspiring and intrinsically motivating the employees within their organization. The data was collected from 90 managers of 20 insurance companies and further analyzed their views pertaining to transformational leadership styles. Statistical tools were used to analyze the data. A vast majority of the respondents affirmed the significance of transformational leadership in ensuring the organizational creativity of their employees. It is concluded that the elements of transformational leadership are crucial in the development of organizational creativity of employees.

Influence of Transformational Leadership on Job Performance: Employee Work Engagement as Test Mediation

“…It can make it possible to move to a more advanced level of aspiration (Caniëls et al, 2018). The transformational leadership model emphasizes positive aspects and empathic leaders changes in the performance of employees (Abou-Moghli, 2018). Therefore, the applicability of transformational leadership styles in enabling organizational development through innovation may be seen (Nijstad et al, 2014).…”

The Effect of Creativity on Entrepreneurial Behavior: The Moderating Role of Demographics

“…The results of a meta-analysis done in order to review the research on personality and creativity concluded that; creative people were found to be: "more autonomous, introverted, open to new experiences, normdoubting, self-confident, self-accepting, driven, ambitious dominant hostile and impulsive". That of course does not apply to all creative individuals, creative people in the arts and science do not have the same characteristics and personality profiles, artists were found to be emotionally unstable, and cold [14], [16].…”

“…Entrepreneurial intentions and creativity are linked, [24] argued; it is essential to incorporate exercise to enhance creative thinking abilities, which can increase the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education, by encouraging entrepreneurial intentions among students. Moreover, [25], [14], [17] proposed that entrepreneurial outcomes may further be improved if other entrepreneurial skills are taught in addition to creativity exercise, it was also concluded that women's creativity, in particular, can be transformed into entrepreneurial careers and the development of skills needed by the economy, which suggests that gender might have an impact on both creativity and the interpretation or implementation of this creativity into actual businesses [4].…”

“…EB and intentions are very commonly used term that refers to the intention to start a new business [12], [13], the nature of this intention and the action that follows along with the resulting outcome will naturally vary from person to person and is expected to vary according to the settings, circumstances and capabilities that the entrepreneur is facing [14],…”

“…[15]. Determining the strengths and weaknesses of any entrepreneurial firm is key to its success and the continuity of its existence, this does not only apply to the firm alone in terms of resources or products offered/manufactured by this firm, but also applies to the employees or entrepreneurs personally at the heart of the firm and the skills and attitudes they demonstrate during their everyday job [14], [15], [16].…”