القيادة التحويلية وتأثيرها على ابتكار المنتجات: دراسة تطبيقية على العاملين بشركات الأدوية التابعة لوزارة الاستثمار بجمهورية مصر العربية

Abstract EN

This research aimed to Measure the impact of transformational leadership dimensions on the dimensions of product innovation, applied to Pharmaceutical companies of the Ministry of Investment in Egypt.

A proposed model is developed to test the relationship between transformational leadership dimensions on dimensions of product innovation, a questionnaire is designed and data have been collected.

Sample size is 349, and the response rate is 285 (82% of sample size).

The findings show that transformational leadership is positively related to dimensions of product innovation (Radical product innovation andIncremental product innovation).

Also, it shows that individualizedconsideration and inspirationalmotivationhas a positive effect on dimensions of product innovation but there is no significant effect for each of the IdealizedInfluence andIntellectualStimulation.

The results also indicated that transformational leadership is existing in the applied companies at medium levels and there are no significant differences between the opinions of workers, that is, the availability of dimensions of transformational leadership is similar and medium in the three companies under study, and regarding to product innovation, the average availability of the components of product innovation are weak and there are significant differences in the opinions of workers in those companies on the radical innovation of products where it is more available in the Nile Company for Medicines followed by the Cairo Corporation for Medicines them Alexandria Company for Medicines, while it is clear that there are no significant differences between the opinions of the study items on Incremental product innovation.