Administrative leadership priorities and their impact on improving employee performance: An exploratory study of the opinions of a sample of employees at general fertilizer Industry Company in Basra

The study aims to discover the relationship of influence between the dimensions of administrative leadership priorities (interest in employees, trust in performance, confidence, participation in decision-making, time management) as an independent variable and employee performance as a dependent variable. The study expressed the problem through a set of questions focused on whether there is a correlation and impact relationship between the study variables. Accordingly, a hypothetical model was developed from which the main hypotheses of the study stemmed. To test the validity of the hypotheses, data was collected through a questionnaire prepared for this purpose, and a sample of (200) individuals was selected from the leaders, department heads and section heads in the company under study. In light of the results, the researcher reached a set of conclusions: Administrative leadership priorities are one of the best orientations as a new pattern that relies on positive ideas and principles that create a way of working that makes the leader a person who serves subordinates by gaining their trust and helping them achieve their interests instead of being a person who controls their capabilities. The study recommended many recommendations, most notably: Working to set real priorities for the dimensions of leadership priorities and show their reflections on self-efficiency, taking into account that the influential value of each dimension of administrative leadership priorities has a role in employee performance, i.e. these dimensions should be adopted and the preference between them should be approved according to realistic indicators.