THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATIVENESS: THE CASE OF A PUBLIC INSTITUTION Cover Image

DÖNÜŞTÜRÜCÜ LİDERLİK VE ÖRGÜTSEL YENİLİKÇİLİK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ: BİR KAMU KURUMU ÖRNEĞİ
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATIVENESS: THE CASE OF A PUBLIC INSTITUTION

Author(s): Zafer Aykanat, Mehmet ÇALIŞKAN
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Public Administration, Government/Political systems
Published by: Kafkas Üniversitesi Sağlık, Kültür ve Spor Daire Başkanlığı Dijital Baskı Merkezi
Keywords: Leadership; Transformational Leadership; Organizational Innovativeness;

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this study is to examine the relationship between transformational leadership behavior and organizational innovativeness perception of officers currently working at the Governorship of Ardahan and its associated departments. Although there exists a fairly large literatüre for private sector firms, the number of studies concerning organizational innovation facilities for public institutions is relatively limited. For this purpose; firstly, the concepts of transformational leadership and organizational innovativeness are theoretically discussed. In 2016, a written-questionnaire was administered to 184 officers currently workşng at the Governorship of Ardahan and its associated departments and the results of this study revealed that the corresponding officers’ transformational leadership behaviors had a positive impact on their organizational innovativeness perception.

  • Issue Year: 10/2019
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 829-857
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Turkish