The Influence of Transformational Leadership Behaviors on Organisational Innovation in Yemeni Hospitals – Conceptual Analysis

DOI: 10.46988/IJIHRM.01.02.2020.003

Abstract

The present investigation went for uncovering the impact of transformational leadership behaviors (TLB) on organizational innovation (OI) in healthcare facilities in Yemen, and the degree to which Yemen's public and private healthcare facilities embrace the example of transformational leadership. This examination depended on the descriptive and analytical approach utilizing the practical technique. The study population included a group of Yemeni hospitals in the public and private sectors. A sum of 400 polls was circulated to all workers in the overviewed surveyed facilities. The number of surveys recuperated and legitimate for the examination was 349 with a recuperation rate of (87.25%). Along with these lines, the examination test comprised (349) healthcare staff at Seven public and seven private healthcare facilities in Yemen. The aim of this study that it tries to clarify the TLB and organizational Innovation relationship in the context of services organizations, especially in Yemeni Hospitals. It has been emphasized that most studies conducted in TLB were in the developed countries and there has been a scanty study conducted in the developing countries, including the Arab region. And it will provide basic data for future research on how TLB stimulates organizational Innovation in developing countries’ settings. Also it significant to the practitioners as it emphasizes the role of TLB towards higher organizational Innovation. As well as it is able to scientifically convince the Yemen business leaders, especially Hospitals leaders, that introducing TLB is an essential step to gain the desired level of Innovation. One of the primary discoveries of the examination was that there is a factually huge impact of transformational leadership behaviors in its measurements (II-IS - IMIC) on organizational innovation with its measurements (AI-IA) in the healthcare centers in Yemen at (α ≤ 0.05) level. Furthermore, The aftereffects of the factual examination demonstrated that all transformational leadership behaviors ((II), (IS), (IM),(IC)) in the services healthcare facilities in Yemen were a normal level and in addition, It was discovered that the level of Adoption of Innovation and Innovation Abilities has additionally achieved a normal level in social healthcare centers in Yemen.