The effect of employees' perceptions of leadership type on theprovision of individual innovation: An application in the healthsector

Today's business world is dominated by information and at the same time, it is a known reality that change is spreading fast. Leadership is the solution to the radical change and transformation that is taking place. In this context, studies have focused on new value-oriented leadership styles such as emotional, ethical, behavioral, mystical, spiritual, etc., gaining a rich content with the influence of positive psychology. In recent years, the impact of leadership style on employees' individual innovation has attracted more and more attention from researchers. Leaders' behaviors, attitudes and approaches can affect employees' innovation potential. In this context, this study, which was conducted to determine the impact of nine leadership styles on individual innovation, was conducted with 403 employees and students from the health sector in Istanbul province using the survey method. According to the correlation analysis, there is a moderate positive relationship between nine leadership styles and individual innovation with r=0.468 and p<0.05 significance level. There are weak positive relationships between Nine leadership styles and Individual innovation sub-factor "resistance to change" with r=0,345, between "thought leadership" with r=0,347, between "openness to experience" with r=0,273 and between "risk taking" with r=0,272 at p<0,05 level of significance. The regression analysis revealed that the Nine leadership styles had an effect on individual innovation (β=0.296; p<0.05). Nine leadership styles had an effect on Individual innovation sub-factor "resistance to change" (β=0,367 ; p<0,05), "thought leadership" (β=0,305 ; p<0,05), "openness to experience" (β=0,240 ; p<0,05) and "risk taking" (β=0,270 ; p<0,05). The findings obtained as a result of the difference tests (t test, Anova) showed that there were significant differences at p<0.05 significance level between the marital status of the participant health workers and students and their perceptions of individual innovation. In addition, significant differences at p<0.05 level of significance were found between the Nine leadership styles of the participant health workers and students and gender, marital status, status, monthly income, education and working time in the organization.