TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND CREATIVITY SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ORGANIZATION

The aim of this exploratory research is to shed light on the roles of Transformational leadership (TL) and its impact in motivating creativity of companies in three sectors of the economy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) industries. The focus of this study is to examine TL behavior that enhances creativity process in their organizations. After studying a sample of 125 companies in three sectors (namely manufacturing, services, and agricultural sectors) representing a 53 percent of the total companies in Abu Dhabi Emirate, Only 115 enterprises returned their forms and these forms were used in the data analysis representing a 92 percent response rate which was acceptable statistically. It was concluded that there were a positive concerns for TL in their companies' intent to motivate employees' creativity but important effect in five variables : Employees' commitment, Flexibility at work, Employees' Experience & knowledge, Diversity at work, Employees' trust, were found to be an important motivator factors of encouraging creativity in their businesses. Also, TL is crucial for affecting and encouraging creativity on individual through psychological empowerment, and organizational levels positively through its capability to create new knowledge and creative processes that are difficult to imitate.