تأثير القياده الابوية على السلوك الابداعي : دراسة تطبيقية لعينه من التدريسيين في جامعه البصرة

Abstract EN

This study aims to determine the effect of the paternalistic leadership on the innovation behavior.

The Conceptual framework and hypotheses development were built based on main variables of the study.

The Higher Education sector was selected, namely.

338 Academic staffs has been selected as randomly sample, and the questionnaire was selected as a methods for data collection.

The results of the study showed that, there is a positive effect of parental leadership on the innovation behavior of academic staffs.

Therefore, the leaders at the University of Basrah should give a more attentions to adopt a new leadership styles and understand how they can change and develop the innovation behaviors of academic staffs.