Investigating the effect of entrepreneurial leadership on team creativity, emphasizing the mediating role of team psychological safety

Document Type : Management & Entrepreneurship

Authors

1 Ph.D. of Educational Management, Bu-Ali Sina University and Lecturer at Farhangian University

2 Associate Professor of Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In today's changing world, team creativity and its effect in the work environment has become one of the most important concerns of educational organizations. Therefore, the current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the factors affecting team creativity, including entrepreneurial leadership style and psychological safety of the team. The research population consisted of 620 teachers of work and knowledge schools and technical conservatory in Shiraz city, and a sample of 237 people was selected from this population by simple random sampling based on Cochran's formula. The research method was quantitative, descriptive and causal studies. To collect research data from entrepreneurial leadership questionnaires; Team psychological safety and team creativity were used. To determine the reliability and validity of the tool, Cronbach's alpha and confirmatory factor analysis techniques were used to determine the reliability and validity of the instrument, the results indicated the desired reliability and validity of the tool. Data analysis using the structural equation model and with the help of two Spss software. 25 and Lisrel. 8.8 done. The results of the analysis showed that: entrepreneurial leadership has a direct, positive and significant effect at the 0.05 level on team creativity and team psychological safety; Also, entrepreneurial leadership has an indirect, positive and meaningful effect on team creativity through the mediating role of psychological safety of the team. Finally, in order to be able to react appropriately to the changes and innovations of the dynamic environment around them, educational organizations and schools should use the entrepreneurial leadership style of fear and anxiety of the team of teachers to express innovative ideas. reduce as much as possible and in this way increase their team creativity.

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