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Maddallah basheer aboud Al: The Impact of Transformatıonal Leadershıp on Strategıc Agılıty an Empırıcal
Study at The Aqaba Specıal Economıc Zone Authorıty

Figure 1: Study model.

Dependent variable Independent variable

Strategic agility Transformational Leadership
Strategic sensitivity Driving attractiveness
Organizational capabilities Inspiring motivation
Strategic response Creative encouragement
Individual attention

Source: Prepared by the researcher using the study (Al-Balushi, et al., 2019; Al-
Shukirat and Al-Jazi, 2019; Al-Jarida, 2018) on transformational leadership. With
regard to strategic agility, the study sought help from a study (Abdel-Aal, 2019; Al-
Mousawi, 2018; Karumi, 2018).

PROCEDURAL DEFINITIONS:

a. The independent variable: transformational leadership: a leadership style that
describes a process of human interaction between the leader and the subordinate
through which they raise each other to higher levels of morality and motivation to
transcend their individual interests and achieve common organizational goals
(Jalal, 2019).
b. B. The dependent variable: strategic agility: the ability of the organization to cope
with unexpected changes in its environment through fast, easy and flexible
movement towards those changes, as the agile organization can quickly meet
customers' demands and introduce new products (Saeed, 2018).

STUDY APPROACH:
This study relied on the descriptive statistical approach, which included a desk
survey method and a field survey method to collect information by means of the
study tool (questionnaire) and test its validity and reliability, as well as its statistical
analysis to examine and test the validity of the study hypotheses and answer its
questions.

STUDY POPULATION:

The study population consists of all the employees of the Aqaba Special Economic
Zone Authority, whose number is (1231) male and female employees. A simple
random sample of (30%) was drawn from the lists and with the help of the job

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