The Influence of the Leadership Style on Managerial Creativeness from the Perspective of Employees within Jordanian Industrial Corporations

Abstract

No one can deny the influence of the leaders and their leadership style on many levels of the organization starting from the performance of the employees, the internal environment and reaching the performance of the organization itself. From that point, the current research study seeks to highlight the degree of influence of the leadership styles on the managerial creativeness among the leaders and what is the most influential leadership style on the managerial creativeness among leaders in the industrial corporations in Jordan. The approach of the study was quantitative in its nature; the researcher distributed a questionnaire on a convenience sample of leaders within the industrial corporations in Jordan. Out of 500 questionnaires, the researcher retrieved 322 questionnaires which was properly filled and can be analyzed through SPSS. The findings of the study revealed that leadership style can influence the level of creativity that leaders and managers have which in its turn can influence the employees themselves. In addition to that, the study reached a results in which the transformational leadership style is the most influential style on the managerial creativeness.