Investigating the Impact of Shared Leadership on Innovative Behavior with the Mediating Role of Strategic Decision Making

Innovation has been the basis of the development and sustainability of social systems, and achieving innovation requires innovative behavior. Among the different types of leadership and decision-making styles, their relative and different effects in creating innovative behavior, shared leadership and strategic decision-making also play a key role in the occurrence of such behaviors. Therefore, this research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of share leadership on innovative behavior with the mediating role of strategic decision making. Descriptive-correlation research method was structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the research included all the primary school teachers of two districts of Kermanshah in the number of 1150 people, using stratified random sampling method, 291 teachers were selected for the study. Standard questionnaires of shared leadership, strategic decision-making and innovative behavior were used to collect research data. Cronbach's alpha tests and confirmatory factor analysis were used to determine the reliability and validity of the questionnaires. Research data after collection were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation model in Lisrel and SPSS statistical software. The obtained results showed that shared leadership does not have a direct and meaningful effect on innovative behavior(0/48), but shared leadership has a direct and meaningful effect on strategic decision-making(0/73), and strategic decision-making has a direct and meaningful effect on innovative behavior(0/57), and finally, shared leadership has a mediating role in strategic decision-making. It has an indirect, positive and significant effect on innovative behavior.