The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of strategic leadership on employee creativity and employee performance by analyzing Strategic leadership’s various dimensions (client centricity, business development, operational efficacy and organizational creativity). This impact is analyzed through influencing role of trust and also to what extent trust impact on relationship between strategic leadership and employee creativity as well as strategic leadership and employee performance.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Background of study
1.2 Statement of the problem
1.3 Research Questions
1.4 Research Objectives
1.5 Significance of the Study
1.6 Supporting Theories
2. Literature Review
2.1 Strategic Leadership
2.2 Employee Creativity
Strategic Leadership & Employee Creativity
2.3 Employee Performance
Strategic Leadership & Employee Performance
2.4 Trust
Trust as a moderator between Strategic Leadership And Employee Creativity
Trust as a moderator between Strategic Leadership And Employee Performance
3. Research Methodology
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Population, Sample Size, Analysis Tools, Data Collection Technique
3.3 Sampling Technique
3.4 Instrumentation
3.5 Scale Used
Strategic Leadership
Employee Creativity
Employee Performance
Trust
3.6 Control Variable
Table 3.1 Instrumentation
Table 3.2 Respondents’ Demographic Characteristics
3.7 Reliability
Table 3.3 Scale Reliabilities
4. Result
4.1 Correlation Analysis
Table 4.1 Correlation Analysis
4.2 Regression Analysis
Table 4.2 (Analysis Employee Creativity & Employee Performance)
Table 4.3 (Analysis Employee Creativity & Employee Performance)
H1: There is positive and significant relationship between Strategic Leadership and Employee Creativity
H2: There is positive and significant relationship between Strategic Leadership and Employee Performance
H3: Trust has significant relationship with Employee Creativity
H4: Trust does not moderates the relationship between Strategic Leadership and Employee Creativity
H5: Trust has significant relationship with Employee Performance
H6: Trust moderates the relationship between Strategic Leadership and Employee Performance
Summary of Accepted / Rejected Hypothesis
Table 4.4 (Accepted / Rejected Hypothesis)
5. Discussion
5.1 Discussion
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Implications of study
5.4 Limitation of study
5.5 Recommendations for future research
References
Research Questionnaire
Objectives and Research Themes
This study aims to investigate the impact of strategic leadership on employee creativity and performance within the Pakistani telecommunications sector, specifically examining the moderating role of trust in these relationships.
- Analysis of strategic leadership dimensions (client centricity, business development, operational efficacy, and organizational creativity).
- Evaluation of the influence of strategic leadership on individual employee creativity.
- Assessment of the correlation between strategic leadership and employee performance.
- Investigation of the moderating effect of trust on the relationship between leadership style, creativity, and performance.
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1.1 Background of study
In today’s competitive environment, globalization, technology and innovation have greatly influenced the business environment especially textile sector. In order to face a series of challenges, establishments need to shape their core competencies and sustain their competitive advantage. Definitely, strategy and organization performance are become more serious than they have been in the past (Miller and Cardinal, 1994).Thus, the result of effective strategy to manage employees to attain organizational goal is top priority of a leader (Deborah Schroeder-Saulnier, 2010). As per the economic survey of 2015-16, Pakistan is facing a very serious energy crisis interim of electricity shortage natural gas etc. which affected badly our economy in term of spreads and our textile sector is no exception.
Especially, in the case of developing country like Pakistan where this sector give substantially in exports, trade and economy at large. As a outcome, most of business environment lost their competitive benefit and common of labour intensive textile units created to displace to the Bangladesh where labour cost and energy crises was lower in order to stay in universal competiveness. Inappropriately, Government of Pakistan has not taken stringent actions to control this deteriorated situation faced by this sector. In this regard, strategic leaders is of deep significance as it can lead the association towards productivity, success, quality customer service, sales growth, market share. (Potocki and Brocato, 1995).
Strategic leader is the one who has clear vision, task, objective and policy to lead organization towards performance (Kim and Mauborgne, 2002). Strategic leader achieve these objective done aligning strategy and sharing his ideas with organization employees (Bill Liabotis, 2007). In this way, strategic leaders encourage their employees to increase their performance. Strategic leaders scan the changing outdoor environment and express and executive policies which enhance organization performance for competitive benefit (Stead 2013). Strategic leader is different from traditional leader theories Charismatic, transactional etc because it formulate
Summary of Chapters
Introduction: Provides the context of the study by examining the business environment in Pakistan, defining strategic leadership, and stating the research objectives and questions.
Literature Review: Explores existing theoretical frameworks regarding strategic leadership, employee creativity, employee performance, and the role of trust as a moderator.
Research Methodology: Outlines the research design, data collection techniques, sampling methods, and instrumentation used to analyze the telecom sector employees.
Result: Presents the statistical findings from correlation and regression analyses, testing the hypotheses concerning leadership, trust, creativity, and performance.
Discussion: Interprets the research results, provides conclusions, highlights the study's implications for telecom companies, and offers recommendations for future research.
Keywords
Strategic Leadership, Employee Creativity, Employee Performance, Trust, Telecommunications, Pakistan, Organizational Performance, Leadership Styles, HR Practices, Knowledge Management, Competitive Advantage, Regression Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Motivational Strategies, Innovation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the core focus of this research?
The research focuses on the impact of strategic leadership on two key organizational outcomes: employee creativity and employee performance within the Pakistani telecommunications sector, while exploring the moderating influence of trust.
What are the primary themes discussed in the study?
Key themes include the components of strategic leadership, frameworks for employee creativity, determinants of employee performance, and the psychological role of trust between leaders and subordinates.
What is the main objective of this study?
The primary objective is to test an integrative model to determine if strategic leadership positively influences employee creativity and performance and to see if trust moderates these associations.
Which scientific methodology is employed?
The study uses a descriptive quantitative approach, employing self-administered questionnaires for data collection and SPSS software for statistical testing, including correlation and regression analyses.
What is analyzed in the main body of the work?
The main body covers the literature review on leadership theories and creativity dimensions, the methodology detailing the sampling of telecom employees, and the results chapter which statistically tests various hypotheses.
What characterizes this research based on the identified keywords?
The study is characterized by its focus on leadership-driven organizational change, human resource management practices, innovation within the telecom industry, and the quantitative validation of leadership models.
How does the collectivist culture in Pakistan affect the study's findings?
The study notes that the Pakistani context, which has a prevailing collectivist culture, influences the interpersonal trust dynamics, leading to different results compared to studies conducted in individualistic Western societies.
Why was the telecommunications sector selected for this analysis?
The sector was chosen because it operates in a high-demand environment for product innovation and creativity, making it a critical area to study how leadership and trust drive competitive advantage.
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- Muhammad Irfan (Autor:in), 2023, Impact of Strategic Leadership on Employee Creativity and Employee Performance in Telecom Sector of Pakistan Moderating Role of Trust, München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1371462
