31Oct 2014

The Relationship between of Transformational Leadership, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Innovation in Iraqi public universities

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Leadership plays an important role in stimulation of creativity among employees satisfaction and establishment of innovative environment in organization. The higher education institutions in Iraq has shown a deterioration in their performance. The research highlights that transformational leadership is an essential ingredient to achieve organizational innovation. Further, innovation requires satisfied employees. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational innovation when job satisfaction as Mediating. The quantitative data was collected through survey instrument the population for this study consisted of academic staff in 10 public universities distributed throughout Iraq. The sample consists of 280 academic staff members in public universities located in Iraq. The results found that transformational leadership play a important role in enhancing job satisfaction and organizational innovation within higher education environment.


[Hussain K. Hussain, Noraini Abu Talib & Ishak Mad Shah (2014); The Relationship between of Transformational Leadership, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Innovation in Iraqi public universities Int. J. of Adv. Res. 2 (Oct). 0] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Hussain K. Hussain