The Role of Soft Leadership in Enhancing Organizational Health: A field study on a sample of commercial companies in Zakho city-Iraq
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The research aims to understand the characteristics related to both variables to build a comprehensive framework for its paragraphs, through the available information about both soft leadership and organizational health, as well as to know the extent of the relationship and impact of soft leadership as an independent variable with its three dimensions represented in (vision, communication, and emotional intelligence) in enhancing organizational health as a dependent variable. It is critical to emphasize motivation in the behavioral aspect of working individuals, which is one of the major concerns of management in commercial companies due to its significant importance in increasing efficiency, and performance, and enhancing their loyalty to their companies. This is accomplished through the direct impact of leaders in dealing well with employees, guiding and motivating them, and convincing them as role models. The research's main problem addressed the extent to which commercial companies have leaders who believe in providing welfare and happiness to working employees, which positively reflects on their satisfaction, raises their morale, and thus leads to improved efficiency and organizational effectiveness. Data were collected from field research in a number of commercial companies in Zakho as a sample for the research. The researcher relied on the questionnaire to collect data, which consisted of (78) administrative personnel at various levels. The researcher adopted the descriptive analytical method in accomplishing this research. Data were analyzed using SPSS V.26 software to test the relationship and impact between research variables. The research reached several conclusions, the most important of which is the existence of a significant correlation between soft leadership and organizational health, as well as the significant impact of soft leadership on organizational health, confirming the significant impact of soft leadership on organizational health. Based on these findings, it is clear that specialized training programs must be established to improve soft leadership capabilities, particularly communication and emotional intelligence, to assist leaders and managers
in understanding and applying best practices in these critical elements of leadership, as well as to foster a healthy workplace.
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