The Role of Creative Leadership in Improving Research Productivity
(A Qualitative Analysis from the Perspective of Highly Impact Researchers in the Makkah Region universities)
Keywords:
Creative leadership, Research Productivity, Highly Impact Researchers
Abstract
Creative leadership is one of the most important issues that affect the effectiveness of Saudi universities' performance and their ability to face challenges. Research on creative leadership is crucial in order to frame the most important aspects of this type of leadership and employ it to support research productivity indicators. Research productivity indicators play a major role in improving the reputation of universities and framing their efforts in the service of science and knowledge. Despite the number of quantitative studies that aimed to study creative leadership, there is a noticeable scarcity of qualitative studies that provide an accurate description of the variables of creative leadership from the point of view of the most Highly Impact researchers. Therefore, the current study aims to conduct a qualitative analysis from the perspective of some of the most influential researchers at universities in the Makkah region (King Abdulaziz University, Umm Al-Qura University, and Jeddah University) to understand how creative leadership can contribute to improving research productivity. The study adopted an interpretive approach using a phenomenological approach to reach a better and deeper understanding regarding the roles of creative leadership in improving research productivity. A semi-structured interview was used with nine (9) highly Impact researchers where qualitative discussions were conducted on the roles of creative leadership in improving research productivity. The results of the current study came up with seven specific roles, namely: Finding sources of funding for research projects, developing programmes that support scientific research, flexibility of research contracts, technical structure for managing the scientific research system, research data analytics, research partnerships, and research incentives. The study recommended training leaders in the field of scientific research on creative leadership skills, and preparing guidelines for creative leadership skills, as well as research productivity indicators.
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2. الرحيلي، محمد بن سليم الله بن رجاء الله (2017). معوقات الإنتاجية البحثية لأعضاء هيئة التدريس بالجامعة الإسلامية بالمدينة المنورة وسبل التغلب عليها. مجلة البحث العلمي في التربية، 18 (الجزء التاسع)، 153-194.
3. الشهوان، ديانا محمد (2019). درجة ممارسة القيادة الإبداعية لدى عمداء الكليات في الجامعات الأردنية في محافظة العاصمة عمان وعلاقتها بإدارة الصراع التنظيمي من وجهة نظر رؤساء الأقسام الأكاديمية. رسالة ماجستير غير منشورة، كلية العلوم التربوية، جامعة الشرق الأوسط.
4. الغامدي، فهد (2013). درجة الممارسة العملية والاحتياجات التدريبية للقيادة الإبداعية كما يتصورها القادة الأكاديميون بجامعة الباحة. رسالة ماجستير غير منشورة، جامعة أم القرى، المملكة العربية السعودية.
5. الغمس، وسام بنت مشعل، السياري، نسرين بنت ناصر (2023). دور القيادة الإبداعية في تحقيق الميزة التنافسية في الجامعات السعودية: رؤية مستقبلية. مجلة منار الشرق للتربية وتكنولوجيا التعليم، 2(3)، 13-25.
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7. Abramo, G., D’Angelo, A. C., & Murgia, G. (2017). The relationship among research productivity, research collaboration, and their determinants. Journal of Informetrics, 11(4), 1016-1030. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.09.007
8. Aggarwal, M., Hutchison, B., Wong, S. T., Katz, A., Slade, S., & Snelgrove, D. (2024). What factors are associated with the research productivity of primary care researchers in Canada? A qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1), 263. doi:10.1186/s12913-024-10644-6
9. Al-Zoubi, Z. H., Issa, H. M. B., & Musallam, F. Y. (2023). The Degree of Practicing Creative Leadership by Academic Leaders at Jordanian Universities and Its Relationship to the Level of Teaching Performance. Education Sciences, 13(2), 163.
10. Alshammri, F. S., & Alenezi, A. K. (2021). Creative Leadership and Its Relationship to Thinking Styles among Saudi University Leaders. International Journal of Education and Practice, 9(2), 340-353.
11. Barner, J. R., Holosko, M. J., Thyer, B. A., & King Jr, S. (2015). Research productivity in top-ranked schools in psychology and social work: Does having a research culture matter? Journal of Social Work Education, 51(1), 5-18.
12. Brew, A., Boud, D., Namgung, S. U., Lucas, L., & Crawford, K. (2016). Research productivity and academics’ conceptions of research. Higher Education, 71, 681-697.
13. Churchill, S. D. (2022). Essentials of existential phenomenological research. Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association.
14. Creswell, J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2016). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches: Sage publications.
15. Darawsheh, S. R., Al-Shaar, A. S., Alshurideh, M., Alomari, N. A., Elsayed, A. M., Abdallah, A. K., & Alkhasawneh, T. (2023). The Relation Between Creative Leadership and Crisis Management Among Faculty Members at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University in Light of the Corona Pandemic from the Perspective of Department Heads. In M. Alshurideh, B. H. Al Kurdi, R. e. Masa’deh, H. M. Alzoubi, & S. Salloum (Eds.), The Effect of Information Technology on Business and Marketing Intelligence Systems (pp. 1503-1514). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
16. Denny, P. (2013). The effect of virtual achievements on student engagement. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems.
17. Feuls, M., Stierand, M. B., Dörfler, V., Boje, D. M., & Haley, U. C. (2021). Practices of creative leadership: A qualitative meta‐analysis in haute cuisine. Creativity and innovation management, 30(4), 783-797.
18. Ghabban, F., Selamat, A., Ibrahim, R., Krejcar, O., Maresova, P., & Herrera-Viedma, E. (2019). The Influence of Personal and Organizational Factors on Researchers’ Attitudes towards Sustainable Research Productivity in Saudi Universities. Sustainability, 11(17), 4804.
19. Guest, G., Bunce, A., & Johnson, L. (2006). How Many Interviews Are Enough?: An Experiment with Data Saturation and Variability. Field Methods, 18(1), 59-82. doi:10.1177/1525822X05279903
20. Heng, K., Hamid, M., & Khan, A. (2020). Factors influencing academics' research engagement and productivity: A developing countries perspective. Issues in Educational Research, 30(3), 965-987.
21. Jackson, H. H., Jackson, J. D., Mulvihill, S. J., Firpo, M. A., & Glasgow, R. E. (2004). Trends in research support and productivity in the changing environment of academic surgery 1 1Presented as an oral presentation at the 2002 annual meeting of the Association for Academic Surgeons, November 7–9, 2002, Boston, MA. Journal of Surgical Research, 116(2), 197-201. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2003.10.012
22. Jadhav, B. N., Abdul Azeez, E. P., Mishra, N., & Senthil Kumar, A. P. (2024). Research Productivity and Publishing Trends in Publicly Funded Social Work and Psychology Schools in India: A Bibliometric Analysis. SAGE Open, 14(2), 21582440241241170. doi:10.1177/21582440241241170
23. Jan, T., Idrees, H., & Naveed, M. A. (2020). Impact of HEC electronic information resources on research productivity of academicians: A systematic review. Pakistan library and information science journal.(51), 118, 130.
24. Jie, T. R., & Cheah, K. S. (2021). Exploring Creative Leadership as a Concept: A Review of Literature. International Journal of Education and Training, 7(1), 1-16.
25. Kashif, M., Dewasiri, N., Rana, S., & Udunuwara, M. (2022). Demystifying research culture in universities. South Asian Journal of Marketing, 3(1), 1-6.
26. Kim, K., & Choi, S. B. (2017). Influences of creative personality and working environment on the research productivity of business school faculty. Creativity Research Journal, 29(1), 10-20.
27. Kozhakhmet, S., Moldashev, K., Yenikeyeva, A., & Nurgabdeshov, A. (2022). How training and development practices contribute to research productivity: A moderated mediation model. Studies in Higher Education, 47(2), 437-449.
28. Kwiek, M., & Roszka, W. (2024). Once highly productive, forever highly productive? Full professors’ research productivity from a longitudinal perspective. Higher Education, 87(3), 519-549.
29. Lafuente, E., & Berbegal-Mirabent, J. (2019). Contract employment policy and research productivity of knowledge workers: an analysis of Spanish universities. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 30(16), 2360-2386. doi:10.1080/09585192.2017.1323226
30. Mainemelis, C., Kark, R., & Epitropaki, O. (2015). Creative Leadership: A Multi-Context Conceptualization. Academy of Management Annals, 9(1), 393-482. doi:10.5465/19416520.2015.1024502
31. Nag, S., Yang, H., Buccola, S., & Ervin, D. (2013). Productivity and financial support in academic bioscience. Applied Economics, 45(19), 2817-2826. doi:10.1080/00036846.2012.676737
32. Ndiango, S., Kumburu, N. P., & Jaffu, R. (2024). Research self-efficacy and research productivity: evidence from academics in Tanzanian public higher education institutions. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 16(2), 510-522. doi:10.1108/JARHE-09-2022-0308
33. Restivo, M., & Van De Rijt, A. (2012). Experimental study of informal rewards in peer production. PLoS ONE, 7(3), e34358.
34. Saleh, Q., & Bani, B. (2013). Creative leadership and its relationship to the requirements of knowledge management at the University of Kufa from the point of view of its administrative leaders. Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Administrative and Economic Sciences, 15(4), 113-138.
35. Sayyed, K. (2024). Assessing Research Productivity and Quality Across Disciplines in the School of Arts and Sciences at the Lebanese American University. SAGE Open, 14(1), 21582440241237050. doi:10.1177/21582440241237050
36. Strobel, L.-T., Strobel, M., Welpe, I. M., & Korsgaard, M. A. The Role of Creative Leadership Manifestations in Creativity and Innovation. Creativity Research Journal, 1-19. doi:10.1080/10400419.2024.2321734
37. Wang, X., Lu, J., Song, Z., Zhou, Y., Liu, T., & Zhang, D. (2022). From past to future: bibliometric analysis of global research productivity on nomogram (2000–2021). Frontiers in public health, 10, 997713.
38. Wise, S. L., & DeMars, C. E. (2005). Low Examinee Effort in Low-Stakes Assessment: Problems and Potential Solutions. Educational Assessment, 10(1), 1-17. doi:10.1207/s15326977ea1001_1
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2024-08-17
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Dr. Hamzah Zakir Mohammed Al-Zubaidi. (2024). The Role of Creative Leadership in Improving Research Productivity: (A Qualitative Analysis from the Perspective of Highly Impact Researchers in the Makkah Region universities). Journal of Educational and Human Sciences, (38), 17-35. https://doi.org/10.33193/JEAHS.38.2024.528
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