Exploring The Mediating Effect Of Employee Happiness On The Relationship Between Visionary Leadership And Employee Creativity In KSA

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  • Hala Elrashied Osman Bashier, Elsit Abdalla Elfadul Mukhtar, Engy Ahmed Abdel Ghany Mostafa, Abeer Bakri Siralkhatim Alhaj, Anjom Ahmed Osman, Rasha Siraj M Alhumaidi, Mohammed Mustafa Fadul, Siham Hider Elderderi, Tarig Osman Abdallah Helal

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The aim of this study is to explore the mediating role of employee happiness on the relationship between visionary leadership and employee creativity in the universities of Saudi Arabia. Although there are growing interest toward studying the effect of leadership on employee creativity, still there is a lack of empirical evidence in this area. This study followed the quantitative approach, so 100 self-administered questionnaires were collected from academic staff. For analyzing the data, we employed SPSS, and Smart-PLS software for having the results of this study. The results indicated that visionary leadership has a positive impact on employee happiness and creativity, however, employee happiness is found not predicting employee creativity. Moreover, the results also showed that the role of mediator of employee happiness is not found. Therefore, the study provided new ideas and implications for leaders and policymakers due to the significant role of visionary leadership for increasing the employees’ happiness and creativity in workplace.

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2024-04-12

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Hala Elrashied Osman Bashier, Elsit Abdalla Elfadul Mukhtar, Engy Ahmed Abdel Ghany Mostafa, Abeer Bakri Siralkhatim Alhaj, Anjom Ahmed Osman, Rasha Siraj M Alhumaidi, Mohammed Mustafa Fadul, Siham Hider Elderderi, Tarig Osman Abdallah Helal. (2024). Exploring The Mediating Effect Of Employee Happiness On The Relationship Between Visionary Leadership And Employee Creativity In KSA. Migration Letters, 21(S9), 1285–1296. Retrieved from https://migrationletters.com/index.php/ml/article/view/10359

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