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THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY IN ENHANCING ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION

Duha Abbas Mohsen, NisreenJassim Mohammed

Volume: 8 Issue: 4 2018

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The research aims to test the relation and effect of strategic flexibility as an independent variable in organizational creativity as a dependent variable in a number of educational hospitals affiliated to the Iraqi Ministry of Health in Baghdad governorate and within the Al-Karkh and Al-Rusafa sectors. The data were collected from 102 respondents and the questionnaire was based on 39 articles and the analytical descriptive research method was used, The researcher used correlation coefficient (Spearman) and regression analysis for relationship analysis and hypothesis testing.

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