The role of strategic change in achieving sustainable leadership: An exploratory study at Al-Mustansiriya University
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https://doi.org/10.31272/jae.i139.1075Keywords:
strategic change, sustainable leadershipAbstract
The research seeks to determine the role of strategic change in sustainable entrepreneurship, and to achieve this, strategic change was adopted as an independent variable and sustainable entrepreneurship in its dimensions (economic entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, environmental entrepreneurship) as an approved variable.
The research problem emerged in several questions about the research variables, the most prominent of which is (What is the type of correlation between strategic change and sustainable leadership in the university in question) A hypothetical scheme was built that defines the nature of the relationship and the influence between the variables, and two main hypotheses were formulated from which sub-hypotheses emerged.
A sample of (50) individuals representing heads of departments and officials of divisions and units at Al-Mustansiriya University was selected. Their opinions were surveyed according to a questionnaire form that was arbitrated for this purpose. The research used advanced statistical methods within the ready-made statistical program (SPSS.).
The research reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which was: the existence of a positive and significant relationship between strategic change and sustainable leadership, the research concluded with a set of recommendations, including: Finding the appropriate tool by which you work to make the change that suits the university's internal and external environment.
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