Leadership Competencies and Competitive Advantage "Empirical Study on Jordan Telecommunications"

Abstract

This study examines the impact of leadership competencies on competitive advantage in the Jordanian telecommunications industry (JTI). The population of the study consisted of all working companies in the (JTI). A simple random sampling technique was used to select (2) working companies out of (3). The unit of analysis who surveyed for this study were the middle line departments' mangers, supervisors and team leaders, a total of 120 questionnaires were administered to respondents; statistical tools were used to test the hypothesis such as: one way ANOVA and simple regression.

The Study revealed that leadership competences had a significant impact at level of (P? 0.05) on competitive advantage by the Jordanian telecommunication companies in the Jordanian market, as well an existence relationship between leadership competences and competitive advantage. Also, The study found that Leadership in the Jordanian Telecom industry is strongly aligned with the International standards and adopting the competencies which are honored by the American Management Association such as: Strategy development, communication skills, fostering innovation and creativity, developing leaders, and hiring talent.

Keywords: Leadership competences, Competitive advantage, Hybrid strategy, Jordan telecommunications Industry.