THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR OF EMPLOYEES

Abstract

The study aims to clarify the effect of authentic leadership on organizational excellence and to determine whether the entrepreneurial behavior variable mediates this relationship or not, by relying on a survey study conducted in (70) private educational institutions in the city of Diwaniyah, represented by the teaching staff in the mentioned institutions, whose number is (300) teachers. Several descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used to measure the validity of the study hypotheses or not. Therefore, the questionnaire was used as a main tool for collecting data and information for the study, based on the reliable international standards for the above variables. In the final outcome, a number of conclusions were reached, the most important of which was the existence of a direct and indirect influence relationship between the variables of the study, which led to a number of recommendations, the most prominent of which was the need for the educational body of private schools in the city of Diwaniyah to keep pace with the appreciation and reward of employees who show excellence in their work, which pushes workers to Exert more efforts to invest the opportunities available to them in a way that improves the importance of reaching higher levels of organizational excellence and creativity in their work.