مطالعات مدیریت راهبردی (Mar 2023)
The impact of wisdom-based leadership on professional mission, organizational vitality and strategic action
Abstract
Introduction: One of the approaches that has recently entered the field of management and leadership and can solve problems in the face of environmental complexities, is the discussion of wisdom-based leadership. The mission of the profession as an active orientation and a transcendent view of the job is a concept that has recently entered the literature in the field of human resource management and organizational behavior. This orientation leads to specific behavioral and perceptual instances for the job. Paying attention to increasing productivity and professional efficiency is the most important factor in increasing the competitiveness of organizations. An organization that puts increasing productivity at the forefront of its work can overcome today's turbulent and changing environment. Wisdom-oriented leadership along with organizational vitality and adopting strategic approaches are the most important variables that pave the way for the promotion and improvement of professional productivity in the organization. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of wisdom-based leadership on professional mission, with the mediating role of organizational vitality and strategic action among staff and professors of Mohaghegh Ardabili University (MAU). Methodology: The present research is an applied research in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical research in terms of method. The statistical population of the study included all staff and professors MAU in the number of 630 people that the sample size based on Cochran's formula to 239 people randomly selected. Research tools include standardized questionnaires, 12 questions in the leadership section of Wisdom-oriented Rahmani et al. (2018), 12 questions in the professional mission section of Shin (2012), 7 questions in the organizational vitality section of Yan Ding and Ang (1997) and 6 questions in the section on strategic action, Forouhi et al. (1400). To evaluate the validity of the questionnaire from the point of view of 5 experts in the field of research, its validity was examined several times and also structural validity based on confirmatory factor analysis was used. Cronbach's alpha was used to check the reliability, which is 0.82 and is in good condition. Results and Discussion: In the data analysis section, using SPSS22 software, Smart PLS, the relationships between research variables were investigated using structural equation modeling. To test the hypothesis of normality of the study variables, a sample Kolmogoraf-Smirnov test used (to examine the variables individually); the results show that the assumption of normality for all variables did not rejected. In the analysis of structural equations, it was observed that all variables have positive and significant regression effect coefficients with their scales and the magnitude of these coefficients is relatively high for all cases. It was also observed that the value of AVE for latent variables is higher than 0.5. Therefore, it can be said that the convergent validity of measurement models is desirable. On the other hand, the results show that all the relationships between the research variables are confirmed in such a way that wisdom-based leadership has had an impact on professional mission with a path coefficient of 0.15. Among these, wisdom-based leadership index on organizational vitality with a path coefficient of 0.71, organizational vitality index on professional mission with a path coefficient of 0.47, and strategic action index on professional mission with a coefficient of 0.28 and wisdom-oriented leadership It has been effective on strategic activity with a path coefficient of 0.67. In addition, all the coefficients of the questions are more than 1.96, which means that the relationships of the components with the meaningful questions have a 95% confidence level. Also, all the relationships between the components are higher than 1.96. Finally, the GOF index of this model is 0.450, which indicates the general desirability of the model. Conclusion: Accordingly, according to the obtained results, it can be said that since the wisdom-based leadership style in any organization creates a strong morale and motivation in employees and increases their satisfaction with their job and profession, it can be through the bed. Wisdom is realized. Organizational wisdom refers to specialized knowledge and judgment about uncertain, difficult and important questions related to the concept and guidance of life in the organization; Something that is considered in the style of wisdom-based leadership, and this leads to the improvement of the professional mission of the individual according to the model and guidelines of the leader. On the other hand, there are some basic factors that can play a fruitful role in the process of improving the professional mission, the most important of which is organizational vitality that can be created in the organization through various incentives and factors and It is also the creation of a strategic action by employees that plays a significant role in this regard.
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