Authentic leadership and its role in achieving strategic Involvement : The mediating role of strategic clarity
An Analytical Exploratory Study of The Opinions of a Sample of
Branch Managers of the Mobile Communications Company in Iraq, AsiaCell
A Dissertation Submitted to the Council of the Faculty of Administration & Economics / Kerbala University It is part of the requirements to obtain of a certificate Doctor Philosophy in Business management
By
Haider Abbas Obaid Edam Al-Hasnawi
supervisers
Professor Doctor Assistant Professor Doctor
Ahmed Abdullah Amanah Al-Shammari Rasha Abbas Abboud Al Rubaie
Abstract
The current study aimed to identify the extent of the impact of authentic leadership behaviors on strategic involvement through the mediating role of strategic clarity. It was based on a research problem that Iraqi organizations suffer from weak emotional and social connection to the organization’s vision and mission, and thus weak strategic involvement. The study adopted solid, ready-made global standards to measure the variables of the current study. The importance of the study emerges from the importance of the variables it addressed, which are characterized by their modernity and the absence of another study that tested them previously. The descriptive analytical approach was adopted, mainly in presenting, analyzing and interpreting the study information. The questionnaire was also used as a basic tool for collecting data. The study community was represented by managers in all branches of Asia Cell Mobile Communications Company in Iraq, numbering (275) individuals distributed among department heads, divisions and units. A purposive sample of (167) individuals was selected. For the purposes of analysis and statistical processing, a set of appropriate statistical methods were used, such as the normal distribution test, confirmatory factor analysis, stability test, descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, structural equation modeling to measure direct impact relationships, and path analysis to measure indirect impact relationships. The study reached a set of results, the most important of which was that strategic clarity mediates the relationship between authentic leadership and strategic involvement, such that the presence of strategic clarity, in addition to the adoption of authentic leadership behaviors by the company’s departments, would improve the level of strategic involvement of managers in a better way.
Key terms: Authentic leadership, strategic clarity, strategic immersion, Asiacell Mobile Communications Company in Iraq.
