Soft leadership behaviors and their role in promoting the principles of dignity in the workplace: Case study in the Textile Industries Company, Babylon Branch

Abstract

The purpose of the current study is to know the nature of the relationship between soft leadership and dignity in the workplace for a sample of employees of the Babylon branch of the Textile Industries Company. Using the stratified random sampling method, the researchers distributed 134 questionnaires to a number of employees of the Babylon branch of the Textile Industries Company. The number of returned questionnaires was 131, while the number of questionnaires valid for statistical analysis was (128) questionnaires, at a rate of (97%). Then the data were analyzed using both SPSS v.23 statistical programs. The review of previous literature showed that there is no explanation for the nature of the relationship between soft leadership and dignity in the workplace in organizations in general and in the organization under study in particular. The results showed the existence of an effect between the study variables, which is the existence of a direct effect of soft leadership on dignity in the workplace, as well as a link between soft leadership and dignity in the workplace. Due to the lack of studies that attempted to know the nature of the relationship between (soft leadership, dignity in the workplace), this study came to address a realistic problem that directly affects the organizational environment of a sample of employees of the Textile Industries Company, Babylon branch.