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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

The first question: What are the causes of transformational leadership (leadership
attractiveness, inspiring motivatio n, creative encouragement, individual interest) in
the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority?
The second question: What is the level of strategic agility with its dimensions
(strategic sensitivity, organizational capabilities, and strategic response) of workers
in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority?

THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING:

The importance of the study stems from the importance of studying transformational
leadership and the dimensions it includes, which represent one of the important
issues in strategic agility, and its importance is highlighted through the following:
1. The importance of the variables that will be studied and researched, represented
by transformational leadership, the strategic agility of the Aqaba Special Economic
Zone Authority and the importance of studying these variables, especially for
organizations seeking to adopt strategies that are interested in the individual and
enhance his contribution to work.

2. The importance of the sector on which the study will be applied, namely the
Aqaba Special Economic Zone, which is of great importance in serving the nation
and the citizen and which contributes significantly to supplementing the state’s
general budget.
3. This study is one of the few studies that dealt with the subject of the impact of
transformational leadership on strategic agility.

4. The importance of this study also stems from the fact that it will present proposals to
officials and decision-makers to confront many of the rapid developments and
successive changes as a result of the knowledge explosion and the information
revolution. To create leaderships that possess modern and creative ways that are
compatible with the challenges and changes in the world.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:

The study mainly aims to find out the impact of transformational leadership on
strategic agility, and there are other sub-goals which are:

1. Identify the perceptions of workers in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone
Authority towards transformational leadership in its dimensions (leadership
attractiveness, inspiring motivation, creative encouragement, individual interest).
2. Identifying the level of strategic agility with its dimensions (strategic sensitivity,
organizational capabilities, strategic response) of workers in the Aqaba Special
Economic Zone Authority.

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