The Effect of Agile Leadership Practices on Innovation Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Change Readiness at Mint
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2025-09
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Addis Ababa University
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The focus of this research is to examine the influence of agile leadership practices on innovation behavior at the head quarter ministry of innovation and technology (MInT) of Ethiopia and the moderating role of change readiness. Agile leadership practices, such as team empowerment, collaboration, iterative feedback, continuous learning and transparency are getting high accolades as the driver of innovation behavior in a complex environment. But it is less studied in public organizations, especially in developing countries. By using a quantitative method, data was collected from an accessible population of 105 employees across three sector in MInT HQ using structured questionnaires on google-form. Descriptive statistics and inferential analyses were used; multiple regression and moderation analyses were performed to investigate the associations among variables. The Findings indicate that the only agile leadership practice having a statistically significant and positive impact on innovation behavior is continuous learning (β = 0.495, p < 0.001). Change readiness substantially moderates the influence of agile leadership practices on innovation behavior and strengthens the effects. Yet, only collaboration did not present a significant interaction effect with readiness for change. The study encourages innovation behavior among the public sector organizations like MINT. The most important factor is for them to drive a culture of continuous learning with high level of change readiness. Recommendations focus on continuous learning efforts, increasing transparency, and developing organizational readiness for change.
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Agile leadership practices, innovation behavior, change readiness, public sector, developing countries