The role of humble leadership in empowering human resources

بحث ميداني لآراء عينة من الملاكات التربوية في مجموعة العميد التعليمية

Authors

  • Abbas Ahmed Al-eqabi Economics and Administration College - Karbala University
  • Yazan Salem Al-Janabi Economics and Administration College - Karbala University

Keywords:

humble leadership, empowering human resources

Abstract

     This aims to demonstrate the role of modest leadership in empowering human resources, and the research started with a main problem that included several questions revolving around the nature of the relationship between its variables in the field, the most important of which was (Does modest leadership influence the empowerment of human resources in the organization in question?). Using the descriptive analytical approach, the data were collected through a questionnaire, and the study population included a sample of educational staff in the Dean’s educational group affiliated with the al-Abbas’s (p) Holy Shrine. The study sample reached (196) employees, and for the purpose of data analysis and statistical processing, the research relied on a set of statistical methods available in Ready-made programs (SPSS V. 23; Amos V.23; Microsoft Excel 2010). The research reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which is the existence of two significant correlation and effect between modest leadership in its sub-dimensions and empowerment of human resources, and finally the research concluded with a set of recommendations, the most important of which are the necessity of Investing the positive impact of humble leadership in empowering human resources through the organization in question employing humble leadership in all areas its divisions and activities.  

Author Biographies

Abbas Ahmed Al-eqabi , Economics and Administration College - Karbala University

باحث 

قسم ادارة الاعمال

Yazan Salem Al-Janabi , Economics and Administration College - Karbala University

استاذ مساعد دكتور 

قسم ادارة الاعمال

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Published

2024-06-11

How to Cite

عباس أحمد العكَابي, & يزن سالم الجنابي. (2024). The role of humble leadership in empowering human resources: بحث ميداني لآراء عينة من الملاكات التربوية في مجموعة العميد التعليمية. Iraqi Journal for Administrative Sciences, 19(75), 190–215. Retrieved from https://journals.uokerbala.edu.iq/index.php/ijas/article/view/1859