The Effect of Proactive Behaviors in Work on Strategic Suprmacy: An Empirical Study on Telecom Egypt Company
Abstract
The study aimed at studying the effect of the dimensions of Proactive behaviors in work on the Strategic supermacy on Telecom Egypt Company, through Proactive behaviors four dimenions Voice, Individual innovation, Taking charge, and Problem prevention and through strategic supermacy, three dimenions The shape of influence, Competitive compression, and Competitive configuration. In light of this aim, the research problem summarized in three questions: what is the effect of Proactive behaviors on the shape of influence?, What is the effect of Proactive behaviors on strategic agility?, What is the effect of Proactive behaviors on Competitive configuration?. To achive its aim, three main hypotheses were developed.
This study is based on the inductive approach. The data was collected through a questionnaire that was sent to a random sample of (200) individuals representing job levels in the sector considered, and (192) were returned right, and present results and some recommendations.
The study has found that the Proactive behaviors is directly affected by tow dimensions namely Competitive compression, and Competitive configuration, and affected partly by The shape of influence. It also found that the Strategic supermacy is partly affected by the three dimensions of Proactive behaviors namely Voice, Individual innovation, and Problem prevention and is not affected by Taking charge, and present resuls and recommendations.
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