Careful leadership and its impact on achieving continuous improvement An exploratory study of the opinions of a sample of employees at Future University

Abstract

The research aims to clarify the nature of the relationship between careful leadership and the continuous improvement procedures adopted by the organization under study, as careful leadership refers to focusing on relationships through careful listening to others, understanding them, empathizing with them and supporting them, and enabling followers to feel appreciated, respected and cared for, so that they can reach their potential. And to do their work as best as possible, as Iraqi organizations face a problem in their inability to spread continuous improvement practices in their business environment. Therefore, the current research attempts to bridge this gap by providing careful leadership as a tool to spread continuous improvement in the organization’s environment. In order to achieve the research objectives, the researchers distributed (125 A questionnaire was conducted on employees at Al-Mustaqbal Private University. (112) questionnaires were retrieved, of which (100) were valid for statistical analysis. The research reached a set of conclusions, the most prominent of which is that careful leadership has a positive impact on achieving continuous improvement. The research presented a set of recommendations, the most important of which is for organizations working in... The field of higher education adopts careful leadership practices because they contribute to raising employee morale, creating team spirit, and motivating their positive behaviors