Author(s)

Ibrahim Bader A. Alharbi

Applied College, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia.

Innovation and leadership have been two key areas of research in the last decades. Various scholars have come up with multiple definitions of the terms, all revolving around the influence notion. Leaders have been reported to influence other individuals to dedicate their efforts to attain a given objective. Leadership, however, is a broad term, possessing many definitions. It includes and affects various approaches, situations, skills, reactions, competencies, and qualities. On the other hand, innovation is a practical implementation of methods or ideas that facilitate introducing new products or improving how services and goods are offered. To clearly understand the real meaning of innovative leadership, it is crucial first to fathom the leadership and innovation concepts. The paper aims to review the innovative leadership style as portrayed in the literature, and combining the two terms, and offering more insight and structural foundation for researching elements of innovative leadership.

Exploratory Innovation, Value-Added Innovation, Transactional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Delegative/Laissez-Faire Leadership, Strategic Leadership, Participative/Democratic Leadership, Authoritarian/Autocratic Leadership, Innovative Leadership

Alharbi, I. (2021) Innovative Leadership: A Literature Review Paper. Open Journal of Leadership, 10, 214-229. doi: 10.4236/ojl.2021.103014.