Strategic Leadership Styles and its Impact on Disaster Management : The Moderating Role of Strategic Knowledge A Field Study on the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Societies أنماط القیادة الاستراتیجیة و اثرھا على إدارة الكوارث :الدور المعدل للمعرفة الاستراتیجیة دراسة میدانیة على الجمعیات العربیة للھلال الاحمر و الصلیب الاحمر

الدوركي, علي (2019) Strategic Leadership Styles and its Impact on Disaster Management : The Moderating Role of Strategic Knowledge A Field Study on the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Societies أنماط القیادة الاستراتیجیة و اثرھا على إدارة الكوارث :الدور المعدل للمعرفة الاستراتیجیة دراسة میدانیة على الجمعیات العربیة للھلال الاحمر و الصلیب الاحمر. Masters thesis, جامعة الشرق الاوسط.

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Abstract

The study aimed to recognize the impact of strategic leadership styles on disaster management with existence of strategic knowledge as a moderator variable. The field of study was the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Societies. This study applied to 15 Arab Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies, and the population of this study was the field workers in the disaster management section in these societies. The sample of this study was selected by Proportional Stratified Random Sampling method and the total sample size of this study was (380) field workers. The questionnaire was used as a main tool for collecting data, (380) questionnaires were distributed, while the accepted questionnaire reached to (327) and constitute (86%) of the total distributed questionnaires. Data that was collected was analyzed by a set of statistical methods, (Means, Standard Deviations, Cronbach Alpha, T-test, Confirmatory factor analysis, Exploratory factor analysis, Pearson correlation coefficient, VIF, Tolerance, Structured Equation Model (SEM) using Amos (V.22), and Hierarchical integration regression) This study concluded with the following results: That strategic leadership styles (transformational & transactional) have an impact on disaster management and the impact of transactional leadership style was more than the impact of transformational leadership style. Also, the strategic knowledge moderates the impact of strategic leadership styles (transactional & transformational) on the disaster management in Arab Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. This study presented the following recommendations: XIII 1- Focus on implementing strategic leadership styles according to circumstances and the situations in which: - Encourage the managers in the Arab Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to practice the transformational style in disaster management in the long term because it is the most appropriate model for the latest shift in the behaviour and mechanisms of dealing with disasters. This is achieved through training in practices of this style, through training courses utilize case studies extensively with focus on scenarios study, delegation of authority and strategic information systems management. - Encourage the managers in these societies to practice the transactional style in disaster management in the short term and during the disaster because it is a pattern suitable for rapid reaction behaviours and thus directing staff’s attention towards the failures to meet certain standards and correct the deviations right away and achieve this through intensive workshops on operating room management, the practice of empowerment and crisis information systems management. 2- Necessity to focus on utilizing strategic knowledge in disaster management because it has significant role in energizing strategic leadership styles practices (transformational & transactional) by providing detailed information on the one hand and its role in activating disaster management through supporting decisions and accelerate decision making processes in appropriate timing. Keywords: Strategic Leadership Styles (SLS), Transformational Leadership style, Transactional Leadership style, Disaster Management (DM), Strategic Knowledge (SK), and Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Societies.

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