Title:
THE IMPACT OF CREATIVE LEADERSHIP ON ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS: STRATEGIC THINKING IS A VARIABLE AND MEDIATING CASE STUDY - DUBAI POLICE

Authors:
Abdullah Muhammad Rashid Al Saadi and Dr. Mohammad Abdulrahim Al Mahasina ,Jordan

Abstract:
Generally, the study aims at identifying the impact of creative leadership on organization’s effectiveness: with the occurrence of strategic thinking, and the identification of the respondents ‘perceptions of the level of applying each of: creative leadership, strategic thinking, and the organization’s effectiveness in Dubai Police. The study has descriptively and analytically utilized an approach in order to measures the study variables. It has relied on statistical methods such as descriptive statistics, standard deviation and simple linear regression. On the other hand, the study community was represented in the personnel of all supervisory leaders in Dubai Police, whose total number reached (1069) samples. The sample of the study has reached (357) individuals, and the results of the study has shown the existence of a statistically significant augmenting relationship between creative leadership and its dimensions, pooled in strategic thinking indicating that the higher the dimensions of creative leadership (initiative, motivation, sensitivity to problems), the higher the level of strategic thinking in Dubai Police. Also, a statistically significant effect of creative leadership was found In the effectiveness of the organization, the existence of strategic thinking as a mediating variable. The study has recommended the need to keep paying attention to Dubai Police staff and keep motivating them which has an impact on the growth of their loyalty and affiliation, and the need to keep granting Dubai Police personnel sufficient powers compatible with the qualifications and experiences they obtain, which leads to feeling they are achieving an important and effective eventually enhances their job satisfaction.