أنموذج هيكلي لفحص تأثيرات القيادة الممكنة على سلوك العمل الابتكاري عبر مناخ الفريق المعني بالابتكار

الملخص EN

The present study aimed to identify the direct and indirect effects of education department heads' empowering leadership (EL) on educational supervisors' innovative work behavior (IWB) through the mediation of team climate for innovation (TCI).

The study used a predictive correlational research design.

Measurements were applied using a complete census of the target population, which com prised all educational supervisors in Jeddah's education departments.

Findings showed direct effects of empowering leadership on innovative work behavior, direct effects of team climate on innovative work behavior, and indirect effects of empowering leadership on innovative work behavior through team climate for innovation, i.e., team climate partially mediates the influence of empowering leader ship on innovative work behavior.

The study suggested designing well-planned programs to develop empowering leadership competencies among heads of education departments and creating appropri ate structural conditions to develop a collective climate for innovation in these departments.

The study also recommended assessing educational supervisors' attitudes and motivations towards innovative work behavior to design appropriate interventions that ensure the sustainability of innovation climate and innovative work behaviors in the work environment.