The relationship between virtuous leadership and innovation management in the pharmaceutical companies of the public business sector – Egypt
Abstract
Purpose
The current paper is aimed to explore the relationship between virtuous leadership (VL) dimensions and the dimensions of innovation management (IM) among employees in pharmaceutical companies of the public business sector – Egypt.
Design/methodology/approach
The current paper relied on the descriptive and analytical method and the survey paper in dealing with the paper variables. Participants for this paper consisted of (312) employees who completed a questionnaire that assessed VL and IM.
Findings
The results revealed that there is a positive, statistically significant relationship between VL and IM, Specifically, there is a positive effect of courage, justice and prudence on strategic innovation, a positive effect of courage, humanity and asceticism on technical innovation, and there is a positive effect of prudence, humanity and courage on management innovation.
Practical implications
The paper concluded that VL acts as an important tool that facilitates IM and promotes high levels of innovation for employees.
Originality/value
The current paper contributed to understanding the conditions in which employees of pharmaceutical companies have VL and provided additional guidance for effective practices of quality IM in pharmaceutical companies of the public business sector. In this study, a model was built to analyze the mechanism underlying the relationship between virtuous leadership and innovation management in pharmaceutical companies.
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank all the employees of the pharmaceutical companies of the public business sector (Egypt) who contributed in one way or another to this work. The authors confirm that the opinions expressed in this paper are their own.
Funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency. We have no conflicts of interest. We hereby transfer, assign, or otherwise convey all copyright ownership, including all rights incidental thereto, exclusively to the journal, if such work is published by the journal.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Authors contributions: The authors have contributed to and have approved the final manuscript.
Citation
Mohammed, S.M. and El-Ashram, R.E. (2023), "The relationship between virtuous leadership and innovation management in the pharmaceutical companies of the public business sector – Egypt", International Journal of Innovation Science, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJIS-11-2022-0212
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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