Structural Equation Modeling of Personality Traits of Transformational Leaders and Social Responsibility; The mediating Role of Organizational Entrepreneurship

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of personality traits of transformational leaders on social responsibility with regard to the interventionist role of organizational entrepreneurship. This research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection, it is descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the study is informed experts and managers and experts of public universities of Kerman province. From this statistical population, a sample of 384 was selected as the appropriate category and the data were collected through a questionnaire and analyzed by structural equation modeling in Amos 24 software. The results showed that the model had a good fit. The personality traits of transformational leaders directly predicted the social responsibility of universities, and organizational entrepreneurship played a significant mediating role in this regard. Therefore, it is suggested that in universities and institutes of higher education, organizational entrepreneurship, social responsibility, and personality traits of transformational leaders are more prevalent.