The Effect of Managers Leadership Style on Employees Creativity (Case study: Metal Industries of Kaveh Industrial City)

Subject Areas : مدیریت

Tahmoores  Aghajani ¹ (مربی دانشکده مدیریت، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد شهر قدس، تهران، ایران (عهده دار مکاتبات))
Behzad  Shoghi ² (دانشجوی دکتری مدیریت، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم وتحقیقات تهران، تهران، ایران)

Received: 2013-05-03 Accepted : 2013-11-12 Published : 2014-08-23

Keywords: Creativity, leadership style, Transformational Leadership, Transactional Leadership,

Abstract :

This study investigated the impact of managers' leadership style on employee's creativity in Metal Industries in Kaveh Industrial City. The research population included 4700 employees involved in metal industries in Kaveh industrial city out of which 355 people were considered as sample by using Cochran formula and sampling method of rational random classification. A questionnaire was used for gathering data. Then, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) procedure was for analyzing our conceptual model with SMART PLS 2.0 in the following two sections of SEM: measurement model and structural model. In the first section, technical features of questionnaire were investigated, using index reliability, convergent validity and discriminate validity. In second section, structural coefficients were used to investigate our hypotheses. The results indicated a positive and significant impact of leadership style on employees’ creativity.