Date
5-22-2024
Department
School of Education
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Education (PhD)
Chair
Maryna Svirska-Otero
Keywords
idealized attributes, idealized behaviors, individual consideration
Disciplines
Education | Leadership Studies
Recommended Citation
Palmer, Steven R., "Predicting Government Non-Manager Employees’ Creative Self-concept Based on Their Leaders’ Transformational Leadership Qualities" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5636.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5636
Abstract
This quantitative non-experimental, predictive, correlational study aimed to evaluate the predictive relationship between government leaders exercising transformational leadership attributes and government service employees' potential to engage in creative problem-solving. This study contributes to the existing knowledge on leadership and creative self-concept by focusing on the government civilian service sector. This sector represents a large population with limited exposure to the correlation between leadership and creativity. The sample for this study was 1,432 engineering and contracting professionals from a government acquisition center in northern Alabama who designed and built weapons systems for combat forces. The data analysis included 609 participants. The Team Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire was used to measure the key attributes of transformational leadership and the Short Scale of Creative Self-measured employees' creative self-concept. Data were collected through an online survey platform, and the participants volunteered to complete the survey. A multiple linear regression model was used to analyze the leadership attributes' predictive capability related to employees’ self-perceived creativity. The results demonstrated a predictive relationship between transformational leadership and employee creativity. Idealized attributes, intellectual stimulation, and inspirational motivation were found to be the best predictors of employee creativity. Recommendations for future studies include continued exploration into other career areas in government service to determine the generalizability of results across the government civilian service career fields and explore how transformational leadership impacts employee creativity in different contexts.
