The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Strategic Flexibility in the Egyptian Travel Agents: Organizational Ambidexterity as a Mediator

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High Institute for Tourism and Hotels, 6 October

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The study aimed to explore the mediating role of organizational ambidexterity on the relationship between transformational leadership and strategic flexibility in the Egyptian travel agents category "A". To achieve the objective of the study, a questionnaire was designed and distributed to 522 of random sample of employees in the category "A" travel agents in Greater Cairo. 416 valid questionnaires were analyzed using path analysis using AMOS V.21 to identify the direct and indirect effects of transformational leadership on strategic flexibility. The study indicated that transformational leadership affect significantly and positively organizational ambidexterity and strategic flexibility, and organizational ambidexterity also affect significantly and positively strategic flexibility. Additionally, organizational ambidexterity partially mediates the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational ambidexterity in the Egyptian travel agents category "A".

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