The mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior on the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and employees' creativity: new evidence from PLS-SEM method

الملخص EN

Today, intense competition across industries has compelled businesses to differentiate themselves from their rivals by investing in their staff, who are regarded as one of the most valuable assets of any corporation.

The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between Entrepreneurial Leadership (EL) and Employees' Creativity (EC) and examine the mediating role of Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) in this relationship.

Using quantitative research design, data were collected from 400 employees of foreign banks in Egypt.

The results of the research were analyzed using a structural equation modeling technique.

The findings indicated that entrepreneurial leadership has a significant impact on employees' creativity, Moreover, Organizational Citizenship Behavior mediates this relationship.

This research uncovers the important role of entrepreneurial leadership in driving employee Creativity in foreign banks in Egypt.

This research contributes to entrepreneurial leadership theory in a novel way by offering a more detailed picture of the varying processes that transmit the impact of entrepreneurial leadership on employees' creativity.

This study is to examine the role of entrepreneurial leaders in fostering employee creativity through OCB.

The findings of this study suggest that entrepreneurial leaders can help stimulate employee creativity through their organizational citizenship behavior.

Furthermore, it provides a deeper understanding of the concept of entrepreneurial leadership and its managerial and theoretical implications.