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The Influence of Leadership Styles on Innovation: Driving Change Through Effective Leadership

The Influence of Leadership Styles on Innovation: Driving Change Through Effective Leadership
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Author(s): Muhammad Usman Tariq (Abu Dhabi University, UAE & University College Cork, Ireland)
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 26
Source title: The Impact of Innovation in Leadership
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Maria Paradiso-Testa (Kean University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-2402-9.ch010

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Abstract

Innovation is a critical driver of organizational success in an increasingly complex and competitive global economy. Leadership plays a pivotal role in shaping an organization's capacity for innovation, influencing how ideas are generated, nurtured, and implemented. This chapter explores the relationship between leadership styles and innovation, analyzing how different leadership approaches, such as transformational, servant, transactional, autocratic, democratic, and adaptive leadership, impact an organization's ability to drive change and foster creativity. While transformational leaders inspire innovation through vision and motivation, servant leaders create trust-based environments that encourage collaboration. In contrast, transactional leaders maintain structure and efficiency, which can support sustained innovation under certain conditions. The chapter also examines the barriers to innovation within leadership, including resistance to change, fear of failure, and bureaucratic constraints.

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