Explanation of Spiritual Leadership Style of Martyr Hossein Kharrazi, and its Relationship to Organizational Health of 14th Imam Hossein Division during Iran-Iraq War (1980-88)

Abstract

Spiritual leadership is a new leadership style in organizations, which strives to ensure the spiritual survival of the employees, and can also nurture their mental health. In this regard, relying on their management and leadership style, IRGC commanders played a key role in motivating the volunteer forces (Basij), and achieving numerous victories during the Imposed War. This may be examined through the concept of spiritual leadership style. This was a survey study using a questionnaire, examining the spiritual leadership style of Martyr Hossein Kharrazi, the commander of 14th Imam Hossein Division, and included 210 Basijis in the Iranian city of Kashan, during the Sacred Defense Week, who were members of this division. The validity of the study and validity of the scales were respectively confirmed through face validity and Cronbach's alpha. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS. These findings suggest that there is a positive and significant relationship between spiritual leadership style of Martyr Hossein Kharrazi during the Imposed War and the organizational health of 14th Imam Hossein Division. Hence, there will be an increase in the organizational health with an increase in spiritual leadership of Martyr Kharrazi. The results of regression indicates that overall the seven dimensions of spiritual leadership account for 56% of variance in the organizational health.

Keywords

• iran–iraq war
• martyr hossein kharrazi
• 14th imam hossein division
• spiritual leadership style
• organizational health