The impact of the dimensions of proactive behavior of senior management in achieving leadership excellence: A survey study of the opinions of senior leaders in a number of service organizations in the city of Mosul

Abstract

The research aims to identify the impact of proactive behavior in its dimensions (vocal behavior, problem prevention, individual innovation, and assuming responsibility) on leadership excellence in both the Mosul Municipality Directorate and the Nineveh Electricity Directorate/Northern Region Distribution. The study was conducted to determine the extent of the impact by studying the opinions of senior leaders in each of the two directorates, due to some deficiency and limitation in understanding the contents of the study variables (proactive behavior and leadership excellence dimension). The research problem can be crystallized into this question (Is achieving the dimension of leadership excellence in the organizations under study dependent on their leaders possessing the embodied dimensions of proactive behavior?), since achieving leadership excellence helps the organization in achieving its goals. The research community included both the Mosul Municipality Directorate and the Nineveh Electricity Directorate/Northern Region Distribution. The research sample of the surveyed organizations included the entire senior administrations in the two directorates. The research relied on the descriptive analytical approach to collect and analyze data using the questionnaire, which represents the main tool for the study, as it was distributed to the senior administrations who are (145) persons. The study also relied on several statistical methods, namely the SPSS and AMOS programs. The research reached several conclusions, the most important of which is the presence of a direct effect of the dimensions of proactive behavior of senior management on the dimension of achieving leadership excellence, as the relationship between the proactive behavior variable and the leadership excellence dimension was positive. That is, any increase in the dimensions of proactive behavior by departments will result in an increase in the leadership excellence dimension