TITLE:
Innovative Leadership: A Literature Review Paper
AUTHORS:
Ibrahim Bader A. Alharbi
KEYWORDS:
Exploratory Innovation, Value-Added Innovation, Transactional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Delegative/Laissez-Faire Leadership, Strategic Leadership, Participative/Democratic Leadership, Authoritarian/Autocratic Leadership, Innovative Leadership
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Leadership,
Vol.10 No.3,
September
28,
2021
ABSTRACT: Innovation
and leadership have been two key areas of research in the last decades. Various
scholars have come up with multiple definitions of the terms, all revolving
around the influence notion. Leaders have been reported to influence other
individuals to dedicate their efforts to attain a given objective. Leadership,
however, is a broad term, possessing many definitions. It includes and affects various approaches,
situations, skills, reactions, competencies, and qualities. On the other hand,
innovation is a practical implementation of methods or ideas that facilitate
introducing new products or improving how services and goods are offered. To
clearly understand the real meaning of innovative leadership, it is crucial
first to fathom the leadership and innovation concepts. The paper aims to
review the innovative leadership style as portrayed in the literature, and
combining the two terms, and offering more insight and structural foundation
for researching elements of innovative leadership.