The role of charismatic leadership in promoting positive psychological capital

(An exploratory study of the opinions of a sample of workers at the Hussein Holy Shrine)

Master’s thesis

submitted to the Board of the College of Administration and Economics – University of Karbala

as a part of the requirements for obtaining a master’s degree in business administration

Submitted by 

Abbas Hashem Nour

Supervised by

Assistant Professor

Safaa Abd Ali Abdul Amir

The study aimed to achieve a basic goal, which is to show the effect of charismatic leadership in enhancing positive psychological capital, and to know the extent to which the dimensions of the independent variable can be affected. Positive psychological capital with its dimensions represented by (self-efficacy, optimism, flexibility, and hope), for a sample of workers at the Imam Hussainiya Holy Shrine, based on a basic problem identified through a number of questions, the most prominent of which is what is the impact of charismatic leadership on capital Positive psychological for workers at the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine?

The study relied on the descriptive-analytical approach in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data, and data was collected from the study community of (300) members (members of the administrative divisions of the Holy Shrine departments) from the researched threshold through the study sample (175) using a statistical questionnaire, as well as a questionnaire. She helped to analyze the research data and test its hypotheses, which are represented by (included data moderation (normal distribution), confirmatory structural validity, reliability coefficient (Cronbach’s alpha), arithmetic means and standard deviations, simple correlation method (Pearson), and statistical programs (SPSS) (SPSS). The study led to a set of conclusions, the most important of which is that all dimensions of the two variables (charismatic leadership and positive psychological capital) are applied at the Hussainiya threshold, and this supports the relationship and the effect on enhancing positive psychological capital by adopting the charismatic leadership approach at the Hussainiya threshold.

The study concluded with a set of recommendations, the most important of which is to raise awareness of the dimensions of charismatic leadership at the Hussainiya Holy Shrine, subject of study, by holding scientific conferences and conducting or adopting scientific research and focusing on charismatic leadership because the study proved its importance and its positive psychological capital impact.

Keywords: charismatic leadership – positive psychological capital – the Hussain Holy Shrine

The role of charismatic leadership in promoting positive psychological capital

(An exploratory study of the opinions of a sample of workers at the Hussein Holy Shrine)

Master’s thesis

submitted to the Board of the College of Administration and Economics – University of Karbala

as a part of the requirements for obtaining a master’s degree in business administration

Submitted by 

Abbas Hashem Nour

Supervised by

Assistant Professor

Safaa Abd Ali Abdul Amir

The study aimed to achieve a basic goal, which is to show the effect of charismatic leadership in enhancing positive psychological capital, and to know the extent to which the dimensions of the independent variable can be affected. Positive psychological capital with its dimensions represented by (self-efficacy, optimism, flexibility, and hope), for a sample of workers at the Imam Hussainiya Holy Shrine, based on a basic problem identified through a number of questions, the most prominent of which is what is the impact of charismatic leadership on capital Positive psychological for workers at the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine?

The study relied on the descriptive-analytical approach in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data, and data was collected from the study community of (300) members (members of the administrative divisions of the Holy Shrine departments) from the researched threshold through the study sample (175) using a statistical questionnaire, as well as a questionnaire. She helped to analyze the research data and test its hypotheses, which are represented by (included data moderation (normal distribution), confirmatory structural validity, reliability coefficient (Cronbach’s alpha), arithmetic means and standard deviations, simple correlation method (Pearson), and statistical programs (SPSS) (SPSS). The study led to a set of conclusions, the most important of which is that all dimensions of the two variables (charismatic leadership and positive psychological capital) are applied at the Hussainiya threshold, and this supports the relationship and the effect on enhancing positive psychological capital by adopting the charismatic leadership approach at the Hussainiya threshold.

The study concluded with a set of recommendations, the most important of which is to raise awareness of the dimensions of charismatic leadership at the Hussainiya Holy Shrine, subject of study, by holding scientific conferences and conducting or adopting scientific research and focusing on charismatic leadership because the study proved its importance and its positive psychological capital impact.

Keywords: charismatic leadership – positive psychological capital – the Hussain Holy Shrine