The effect of self-leadership in enhancing job dedication
An analytical exploratory research of the opinions of a sample of Imam Zain al-Abidin Teaching Hospital in the Holy Governorate of Karbala
A letter submitted to the Council of the College of Administration and Economics/University of Karbala
It is part of the requirements for obtaining a Master’s degree in Business Administration
Submitted by the student
Farah Saadoun Abd Burhan
supervision by
Professor Dr. Hussein Hurajahh Al-Hasnawi
Abstract
The current research aims to identify the extent to which leaders employ self-behaviors and their impact on enhancing job dedication at Imam Zain al-Abidin Teaching Hospital. In order to achieve this, self-leadership was measured by four sub-dimensions: (self-awareness and goal setting, self-reward and positive thinking, self-observation and hinting, Talking to oneself and evaluating beliefs. Job dedication was measured by three dimensions (conscientiousness, general expectation of task success, and goal orientation). The research began with a major problem, including the scarcity of writings on job dedication and self-leadership, especially with regard to the paucity of Arabic writings on these two variables and the ambiguity that afflicts them at the level of theorizing and establishing their conceptual base. It also included several questions revolving around the nature of the relationship between its variables in the field, the most important of which was (Is the organization… The research sample employs the self-behaviors of leaders and what is its impact on job dedication?) The research community included all the personnel working in Zain al-Abidin Teaching Hospital in the Holy Governorate of Karbala, and a random sample of individuals was chosen, which represented the medical and nursing personnel, the research sample, as the research sample amounted to (200) individuals. In the hospital, the questionnaire was used as a main tool in collecting data and information necessary for research. For the purpose of analyzing and processing data statistically, the current research relied on a set of statistical treatment methods, which were the normal distribution test, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability coefficient, descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis, and structural equation modeling. To test the hypotheses of influence, the research reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which was the existence of two statistically significant correlations and influences between self-leadership and job dedication. The conclusions of the statistical analysis of the research variables (self-leadership) and (job dedication) also showed that there was good convergence in the responses of the research sample. For the dimensions of the two variables, the agreement of the response of the field sample indicates those dimensions, and this indicator indicates the relationship that reflects the extent of the availability of self-leadership among doctors and nurses in enhancing job dedication.
Key terms: self-leadership, job dedication
