slugThe Impact of Leadership Style on Corporate Innovation: Survey from Telecommunication Industry in Somalia
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Management - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Corporate Innovation has become a prime source of succeeding and sustaining a competitive advantage in the telecommunication industry. While a large research body addresses the question of corporate innovation projects, a firm´s overall innovation with relation to the corporate leadership has received much less attention. Should innovations be driven by corporate directors and a close relation to leadership style?. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of leadership styles on corporate innovation in telecommunication industry in Somalia. The main objective of this paper was to investigate the relationship between leadership styles and corporate innovation dimensions among Telecommunication companies in Mogadishu-Somalia. Particularly, the study investigates the effect of 1) Transactional Leadership Style, 2) Transformational leadership Style; and 3) Laissez-faire leadership style on corporate innovation. By using purposive sampling, 142 top and supervisory level managers from telecommunication industry in Somalia participated in the study. The findings indicate that Transformational leadership (β= .485, t= 6.571, p<.001) , transactional leadership style (β=.262, t= 3.263, p<.001) and Laizes Faire leadership styles (β= .463, t= 6.211, p<.001) were found to have statistically significant and positive effect on firm innovation.
Authors and Affiliations
Ali Yassin Sheikh Ali and Ibrahim Hassan Ibrahim
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