The Role of Dialogical Leadership in Reducing Organizational Ignorance: A Descriptive-Analytical Research on Sample opinions of Teaching Staff at Al-Maaref Al-Ahliyya University
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https://doi.org/10.31150/ajebm.v8i8.3938Keywords:
Dialogical Leadership, Organizational Ignorance, Al-Ma'arif Al-Ahliyya UniversityAbstract
The present research aims to clarify the role of dialogical leadership in its dimensions (familiarity, interactivity, integration, intent) in reducing organizational ignorance in its dimensions, (complexity, ambiguity, Equivocality, uncertainty) for a sample of teaching staff at Al-Maaref Al-Ahliyya University in Anbar Governorate, and the researcher used the descriptive-analytical approach in collecting and interpreting data, and a set of hypotheses was built to identify the nature and relationship of influence between dialogical leadership and organizational ignorance in the researched university, and for the purpose of framing The practical side of research, the researcher used the questionnaire form and The distribution of (60) questionnaires, but the number of valid questionnaires for statistical analysis was (51) questionnaires representing the final research sample, and the field aspect of the research was done through the statistical package (SPSS V.24), and the research problem is highlighted by Main question, (what is the role of dialogue leadership in reducing organizational ignorance in Al-Maaref Al-Ahlia University) and the researcher reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which is that there is a correlation between dialogue leadership and organizational ignorance at the university In light of these conclusions, the researcher made a set of recommendations, the most important of which was to call on the administration of Al-Maaref Al-Ahliyya University To the growing interest to dialogue leadership and its dimensions for its main role in reducing organizational ignorance, Pointing out that the language of dialogue and interaction is considered part of the organization's culture and one of its goals and effective methods of communicating with the teaching staff.
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