The Creative Leader: An Asset or a Hindrance for Organisational Creativity and Innovation?

Abstract

This have a look at sheds a few mild on how a innovative chief correlates to organisational creativity. Based at the literature review, a conceptual version known as the Leadership Influence Model is developed. The version designates the innovative chief (the influencing element) because the element that affects some of organisational realities: task and objectives, people, inner environment, outside environment, structures and structures, inhibitors and fosterers. In flip every organisational fact is deemed to persuade the creativity stage of the business enterprise`s services and products and the creativity stage of the business enterprise itself (known as the consequence). The studies evaluates this version among 3 Information Communication Technology businesses working in Malta. Each business enterprise represents one of the
classes which can be deemed to characterise the Maltese ICT industry. The leaders of the 3 companies have been first assessed for his or her stage of creativity; interviews have been then held with them to accumulate similarly insights at the difficulty matter. Data become collated via questionnaires from the employees (NA=181 for case-have a look at business enterprise A, NB=38 for case-have a look at business enterprise B and NC=18 for case-have a look at business enterprise C).
The effects suggest that numerous elements characterise innovative leaders; that innovative leaders have an effect on every of the organisational realities, albeit to distinct levels; that the organisational realities correlate to the consequence; and that the influencing element additionally correlates to the consequence. The studies similarly famous that variations because of organisational characteristics (consisting of task roles and reporting relationships) exist. A comparative evaluation is held for the 3 companies. The effects are interpreted and a variety of recommendations, consisting of a revised version, are positioned forward.