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A Study of Collective-Work Approach on Perceived Creativity for Enhancing Leadership Qualities in IT Companies


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1 Department of Management Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Biostatistics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Islamic Republic of
     

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The present work aims to examine the effect of collective-work approach on creativity for improving leadership qualities in an unstructured decision-making process especially in uncertainty of IT sections. Perusing related studies surrounding the current issue, it is realized managers can involve team setting policy in developing options stage of a non-programmed decision-making process since the secondary data indicate collective work can elevate creativity sources. Besides, creativity is considered as a moderator for reinforcing leadership attributes. While these qualities enhance leadership performance enabling managers to detect the optimum options when they encounter organizational chaos. Accordingly, a model of an unstructured decisionmaking process is hypothesized in which team-setting is considered as a predictor variable for increasing creativity sources which are recognized as moderators. Then, leadership qualities crenellated by creativity are recognized as a criterion variable for promoting leadership performance. So, the primary data are collected through 38-statements questionnaires involving collective work, creativity and leadership qualities from 86 IT managers in Pune-India being ready to approach collective work policy in their unstructured decision-making. Through correlation, regression analysis and Durbin-Watson test, it is found there is a positive relationship between the variables. The tests between-subjects effects and SEM show the predictor variables have significant interaction with the criterion variables. Besides, ANOVA illustrates there is a significant difference between the means of predictors of this study. It would be concluded team setting approach can enhance creativity to moderate the leadership qualities for an effective unstructured decision-making process.

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Collective Work, Leadership Attributes, Creativity, Unstructured Decision-Making Process.
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Authors

Rahil Meymandpour
Department of Management Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Zahra Bagheri
Department of Biostatistics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Prafulla Pawar
Department of Management Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Abstract


The present work aims to examine the effect of collective-work approach on creativity for improving leadership qualities in an unstructured decision-making process especially in uncertainty of IT sections. Perusing related studies surrounding the current issue, it is realized managers can involve team setting policy in developing options stage of a non-programmed decision-making process since the secondary data indicate collective work can elevate creativity sources. Besides, creativity is considered as a moderator for reinforcing leadership attributes. While these qualities enhance leadership performance enabling managers to detect the optimum options when they encounter organizational chaos. Accordingly, a model of an unstructured decisionmaking process is hypothesized in which team-setting is considered as a predictor variable for increasing creativity sources which are recognized as moderators. Then, leadership qualities crenellated by creativity are recognized as a criterion variable for promoting leadership performance. So, the primary data are collected through 38-statements questionnaires involving collective work, creativity and leadership qualities from 86 IT managers in Pune-India being ready to approach collective work policy in their unstructured decision-making. Through correlation, regression analysis and Durbin-Watson test, it is found there is a positive relationship between the variables. The tests between-subjects effects and SEM show the predictor variables have significant interaction with the criterion variables. Besides, ANOVA illustrates there is a significant difference between the means of predictors of this study. It would be concluded team setting approach can enhance creativity to moderate the leadership qualities for an effective unstructured decision-making process.

Keywords


Collective Work, Leadership Attributes, Creativity, Unstructured Decision-Making Process.

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