The Impact of Prevailing Leadership Styles on the Level of Administrative Creativity of the Staff of the Intermediate Colleges of Balqa Applied University

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying the The impact of prevailing leadership styles on the level of Administrative Creativity of the staff of the intermediate colleges of Balqa

Applied University, to achieve the goals of this study, questionnaire was designed and developed as an instrument to collect data.. The population was (225) people;. The statistical package of social sciences (SPSS. V.16) was used to analyze the data.

The study has reached upon the following Conclusions:-

1- The BAU used leadership styles (democratic, free, Authoritarian) with varying degrees depending on the nature of leadership and regulations and the use of Power.

2- That there is an effect of different leadership styles (democratic, free, authoritarian) Creative behavior of workers in the BAU as the used leadership styles associated with the quality and the extent of encouraging of creativity, through the use of the principle of Balanced Authority and responsibility as well as the impact of Personal properties and their willingness to administrative creativity and these facts (Educational level, experience, age).

3- The key element of administrative creativity is readiness and that there was no correlation between the personal characteristics of the workers and the level of administrative creativity.

Keywords: prevailing leadership, Administrative Creativity, staff, intermediate, colleges, University.