Abstract

THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL HAPPINESS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BENEVOLENT LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOMES "AN EMPIRICAL STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BABYLON"

Dr. Ali Razzaq Chyad Al-Abedie* and Ali Hussein Abdel Zahra Al-Temimi

Abstract

This study examined the mediating role of organizational happiness (OH) between benevolent leadership (BL) and organizational outcomes (OO). The participants in the study were 171 at the University of Babylon managers. The results showed that there is a causal relationship between the benevolent leadership and organizational happiness in the workplace and organizational outcomes so that any improvement of the level of benevolent leadership will reflect mostly on increasing the level of organizational happiness, and that the positive impact of organizational happiness and over time will encourage individuals and motivates them to increase organizational outcomes of the University of Babylon.

Keywords: Benevolent Leadership (BL), Organizational Happiness (OH), Organizational Outcomes (OO).