The impact of quality of work life on innovation Basrah University, College of Business and Economics, Department of Business Administration behavior: the Moderating role of the voice of employees (Applied Study for a Sample of Academic Staffs at the Univ
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The current study aims to determine the impact of the quality of work life on the innovation behavior of academic staffs through the voice of employees. the hypotheses were built according to the study. The study was applied and tested in the higher education sector, specifically at the University of Basra. The questionnaire was used as a method for collecting data from a sample of 338 academic staffs. The results showed the rejection of the hypothesis that indicates a positive impact relationship between the quality of work life and the voice of employees in the innovation behavior. This is due to the fact that the supervisory behaviors by (department heads, deans) are not done in the correct way that enhances the voice of the staffs and achieve the required innovation.
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