Transformation Management Journal

Abstract This study adopted a survey research strategy to examine the impact of servant leadership and its dimensions on team effectiveness and trust in teams. The servant leadership, a new model of leadership, in recent years has been an area of interest to researchers and administrative staff. Furthermore, institutions of higher education in the third millennium, need to maintain and increase the reliability and effectiveness of their leadership style according to Peterson study that include service, altruism, Agapao love, humility, trustworthiness, empowerment and perspective. In our research, a sample of 170 academics from Faculty members of Herat University were selected through stratified sampling and collected data by questionnaire was analyzed using partial least squares (PLS) and statistical software PLS. The results indicated that; employed structural equation model, provides a powerful theoretical model for predicting team effectiveness through servant leadership and trust in the team. Also, significant impact of servant leadership and trust in the team on team effectiveness was confirmed. On the other hand, the indirect impact of servant leadership on team effectiveness was confirmed through trust in the team that represents the Mediator role of interpersonal trust in the team members. In fact, the results indicate that the servant leadership and trust in the team are leverage strong in order to upgrade and improve the team effectiveness.

Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the Simple and multiple relationships between the practices of the strategic human resources management and technical innovation in the public universities of Isfahan. Through classified random sampling, a sample of 480 faculty members from those universities in Isfahan was selected. To collect data, strategic human resource management practices questionnaire, and technical innovation questionnaire were utilized. The data analysis showed that scores of strategic human resource management practices and technical innovation in Isfahan public universities were less than average. Significant multiple relationships between strategic human resource management practices and technical innovation were observed. The beta coefficients between strategic human resource management practices and technical innovation were statistically significant and the regression model was also significant. Moreover, significant differences were observed among the faculty member's viewpoints regarding strategic human resource management practices as well as technical innovations, based on demographic characteristics.

Abstract  The main purpose of this research was to investigate self leadership strategies and its relationship with creativity among faculty members at Science and Technology University. Research type was descriptive correlative. Statistical population of research included 345 faculty members at Science and Technology University of Iran in 2009- 2010 academic year. A sample of 119 was selected from research population employing random stratified sampling method. To collect research data, two questionnaires were used: Self- leadership questionnaire with 31 items and Radnsip questionnaire with 48 items. The reliability of questionnaires was determined through calculation of Cronbach alpha coefficients that resulted in 0.81 and 0.87 respectively. Collected data was analyzed at level of inferential statistics (correlation coefficient, multivariate variance and regression). Result of study showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between the Self- leadership behavioural-focused strategies, natural reward strategies, constructive thought strategies and creativity. The result also revealed that, the constructive thought strategies have more important role in predicting creativity.