Al-Fatih journal

This research paper consists of four sections: The first section is a presentation of the problem that is represented by this question: Do art activities have any impact on the minimization of aggressive behavior of orphaned children?
As for the significance of this papers , it is summed up in these points: The importance of the study emanates from the pivotal focus required to be given to the orphaned children , i.e. they desperately need special attention and care. This , however , is done so as to raise the condition of the orphaned children.
As for the objective of this study, it demonstrates the effect of the art activities , particularly ' drawing' and its role in the minimization of aggressive behavior on the part of orphaned children. Afterwards , the research outlines are set out as follows :the human outlines , i.e. the study is restricted to those orphaned children accommodated in the state-run orphanages. As for the titular outline , it is limited within art activities , especially 'drawing'. However , the temporal outline is set within the duration extending from the year 2019 up to the year 2020.
At last , the locative outline includes Al_Silekh orphanage for boys and Zuhur_il_'Ilwiya orphanage for girls.
At the end of the section, the researcher has managed to define the terminology made use of in the research.The second section , however , comprises three parts: orphaned children , aggressive behavior and art activities. The third section involves the method of research utilized; it is the experimental method. The overall setting and the sample that is composed of (21) boys and girls are also forwarded. Furthermore, the researcher has devised the tool of the research , i.e. the measuring scale of the aggressive behavior. Only after the verification and credibility of the measure has been applied to the sample of the study through the sample pre-test does the researcher commence to minimize the aggressive behavior by the orphaned children. This an attempt at such a minimization process is conducted via art activities , especially 'drawing'. Six weeks later, the researcher has conducted the post-test on the sample of the research. Then the results have been demonstrated ; the most salient result is that there is an unfailing effect of the art activities on the minimization of aggressive behaviour on the part of orphaned children. On the basis of these results came the conclusions , the recommendations and the suggestions.

The current research aimed to identify the effect of stopping thinking method in reducing the level of addiction on social networking sites. A random sample of 400 students was selected for the sample of statistical analysis and 100 students for the research sample of middle school students. The researcher built the addiction scale according to the integrative trend. It may be the scale in its final form which consists of 20 items. In front of each item, there are three alternatives. The psychometric properties of the scale were extracted. It was applied in its final form on the basic research sample of (100) students. Twenty students were selected from those who obtained the highest scores on the addiction scale. They were randomly distributed into two an experimental groups. The control group which consists of 10 students per group. The post-test scores of the experimental group before and after the program means that the program contributed to reduce the level of addiction among students, as well as the presence of differences statistically significant between the post-test scores of the control group and the experimental group. In favor of the experimental group and the research which came out with a set of recommendations and suggestions that contributed in the future to reduce this phenomenon.

The study aimed to identify the victims of bullying and its relationship to parental abuse among primary school students. The study sample consisted of (200) male and female students from Baqubah schools. Statistically data processing by using Pearson's correlation and t-test for one sample and two samples. The results showed that the presence of victims of bullying among primary school students and the presence of statistically significant differences in the level of bullying victims according to the gender variable and in favor of males. The results also showed that the presence of parental treatment for primary school students. Statistically and according to the gender variable and in favor of males, there is a direct correlation between victims of bullying and parental abuse among primary school students.

The study aimed to form a health culture test, and revealing the extent to which the third intermediate students acquire. The study used the descriptive method. The study instrument was the health culture test, which was made by the researchers. After verifying the psychometric properties of the test, it comprised in its final form (42) items which distributed over seven areas: (Personal health, healthy nutrition, environmental health, mental and psychological health, safety and first aid, diseases and how to prevent them, and the sexual education). Then it was applied at the end of the second semester of the academic year (2020/ 2021 AD) on a random sample of (377) students from the third intermediate grade in the center of Mosul city. After treating the data statistically, the researchers reached many results, including the healthy culture for the third intermediate grade students which was less than the reported percentage (60%) that was adopted by the researchers. The level of the overall performance on health culture test reached (58.68%), and the field of "Personal health" attained the highest performance level (63.66%), while the field of "diseases and how to prevent them" achieved the lowest performance level with a rate of (52.43%). And a number of recommendations and proposals were made.

The significance of the study can be synopsized in finding out the effect of Physicals exercises which are of vital role on flexibility and endurance. The paper aims at setting Physical exercises for second year female students in the College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences/ University of Diyala as well as identifying the effect of Physical exercises on the feature of flexibility of second year female students in the College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences/ University of Diyala in addition to figuring out the impact of Physical exercises on the feature of endurance of second year female students in the College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences/ University of Diyala. The two researchers hypothesized that there are statistically significant differences between pre and post tests in favor of the post-tests for the experimental group in terms of flexibility of second year female students and that there are statistically significant differences between pre and post tests in favor of the post-tests for the experimental group in terms of endurance of second year female students.
Moreover, the two researchers referred to theoretical studies which contained many sections in relation to the topic of this paper. The sample of the study comprised (13) female students in the College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences in the academic year (2020-2021). Furthermore, after conducting the pilot study, the two researchers set the principal tests in the study as they performed the tests of flexibility and endurance on the same outdoor fields of the College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences. After data collection and processing them statistically, the two researchers found out the following:
1. The use of Physical exercises was of focal effect on developing flexibility and endurance due to its great importance for female students.
2. The suitability of the delineated exercises to the level of female students which has led to the development of flexibility and endurance.
The two researchers recommended the following:
Paying due attention to the training of Physical exercises to develop (flexibility and endurance
1. ) because these two traits are vital and important ones to build the main basis of any sport activity.
2. Studying the impact of Physical exercises on developing other physical and kinetic features.

Teaching sports skills needs manners with effectiveness and impact in learning that skill, as traditional methods are useless in make the required change in learning those skills , and because the development in different games has become clear and big because of using modern methods. The researchers wanted to study the effect of the blended learning strategy according to sensory modeling on some combinatorial abilities and to learn the skills of students’ soccer dribbling and handling skills . The experimental method with three experimental groups was used . It was divided by lottery from the distinguished students of Al-Jawahiri Secondary School for Boys in Baqubah District with a number of (30) students. The results of the research showed the development of the three experimental groups in the post-tests as a result of using skill exercises with a blended learning strategy.

The research aims to know (The Impact of the Strategy of Judgement of the Mind in Development of Inference Thinking among Fourth Grade Literary Students in the Material of History). To verify the validity of the null hypotheses prepared by the researcher as he used a partially controlled experimental design (experimental group and control group) with pre and post-test. The research sample reached (60 students) about (30 students) in each group. The researcher equaled between the two groups concerning the following variables (educational achievement of both parents, chronicle age calculated by months, grades of the first course in History, intelligence testing, and pre-test of measuring the inference thinking). The research tool that has been used was the inference thinking scale prepared by Al-Khazraji (2007) which is consisting of (30) items and each item has three alternatives the validity of tool and stability was confirmed. The researcher used the (T-test) for two independent samples equal in number, and the (T-test) for two interconnected samples. The results of the research led to the superiority of the students of the experimental group over the students of the control group in the remote application of the inference thinking scale and the growth of inference thinking for the students of the experimental group on the favor of the control group. In the light of the results of the research, the researcher recommended the use of the strategy of judgment of thinking in teaching the subject of the history of Arab-Islamic civilization because of its impact on the developing of the inference thinking and the extension of this research and to be able of completing it. The researcher suggested to conduct other studies on the impact of the strategy of judgment of thinking on other variables such as creative thinking and meditative thinking

There is a need to search for teaching methods and strategies that achieve the goal away from memorization and memorization, especially that the learner, in the learning stage, fulfills his psychological and physical needs through play. By practicing motor activity, it benefits both physically and mentally. The learner is characterized by curiosity, intelligence, knowledge of the environment, and the desire to do everything, whether he is capable of it or not. His questions abound and his ability to imagine, interpret, analyze and create is increased. If given an appropriate opportunity, the physical aspect and thinking overlap. They develop the learner for individual experience and strengthen the ability to discover and innovate to reach the best methods of motor performance.
The aim of the research is to
1. Recognizing the effect of skill exercises according to the participatory learning strategy in learning the skill of shooting handball for first-stage students, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences.
The research community is represented by the students of the first stage, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, College of Basic Education, University of Diyala for the academic year 2021/2020, numbering (85) students divided into two divisions. (A) and Division (B) the control group, and (5) students for whom the exploratory experiment was applied and (30) female students were excluded because they did not want to take the test, so that the final group of the research sample was (50) students, with (25) students per group. The researcher took into account the element of homogeneity and parity among the sample members, as they are all of the same gender and of one age group, and the researcher concluded that the educational approach of the participatory learning strategy is effective in developing the skill of shooting in handball for students.

The current study aims to identify the most prominent causes and manifestations of social chaos in Iraqi society and the effects of this social chaos and its most prominent results
To achieve this goal, the researcher prepared a scale for these causes, manifestations and social effects of chaos and applied the research to the basic research sample consisting of (50) male and female teachers, and by (25) male and (25) female teachers at the University of Diyala. The study reached the following results:
First: Among the most important causes of social chaos, according to the answers of the basic research sample, are the following:
1. Lack of awareness in understanding developments and restoring the awareness of parents and children according to the new reality
2. Lax and lax enforcement of the law
3. The state of collapse in the moral system that governs interpersonal relations
4. Abuse of the concept of freedom
5. Neglecting the use of time
Second: One of the most important and prominent manifestations of social chaos, according to the answers of the research sample
1. The analogy with customs and traditions that are inconsistent with society and the generally accepted social life
2. The rule of outlaw values
3. Misunderstanding of some concepts circulating in society
4. Chaos in the Iraqi street
5. Clan conflict
Third: Among the most prominent results of social chaos and its most important effects are the following:
1_ Destroying the fabric of society and dismantling future generations
2_ The emergence of family and societal problems that affect life
3_ destabilize the general situation of society
4_ Increase in suicides
5_ Increasing cases of external migration

The research’s goal is to identify environmental awareness among the Institute of Fine Arts’ student. The research sample is composed of (140) students from the third, fourth and fifth stages of the academic year (2022/2021) and have been chosen by a simple random method. The researcher has used the descriptive approach, and has adopted the environmental awareness scale (Al-Halbousi 2002). To uncover the hypothesis of the research , statistical means ( Spss) including mathematical mean, standard deviation , Elfa Cronbach coefficient , T-test for one sample have been used..
The average score of the sample on the scale amounted to (158,25) degrees, with a standard deviation of (17,301) degrees. To ensure the significance of the difference between the calculated average of the sample and the theoretical average of the scale amounting to (120) degrees, the researcher has used the T-test for one sample (One Sample Test). The statistical analysis has revealed the existence of a statistically significant difference between the arithmetic mean and the theoretical mean, as the T- value calculated amounted (26.159) which has been greater than the tabular value, which amounted to (96,1), at the level of significance (05.0) calculated with degree of freedom amounted to (139 (
The results of the one-way analysis of variance indicate that there are close statistically significant differences between the averages of students in the degree of environmental awareness according to the variable of specialization (for departments), as the calculated (P) value reached 2.508 , which is greater than the tabular value of (2,21) at a significance level (0.05) with a degree of freedom (134.5). To know the differences between the averages of the students in the six departments. The researcher has used the test of Shivia for post- tests comparisons to find out the differences between the comparisons and the differences were high in favor of students specializing into musical arts, calligraphy, decoration and theatrical arts.
Key words: Environmental Awareness, Students, Institute of Fine Arts

The aim of the current research is to explore the reality of the early field experience in a Saudi bachelor program of preparing kindergarten teachers focusing on the point of view of supervisors and kindergarten directors through tracking their work for (5) semesters from the organizational, administrative, and professional aspect. In order to achieve the goal, the researchers designed (2) questionnaires, one for each of the sample occupation (directors/ supervisors). Each questionnaire for each category contained two main domains, the first related to organizational aspects and the second for professional utilization of early field experience. This research used longitudinal research method, where the research sample was formed of (35) principals of kindergartens in the cities of Khobar and Dammam, and (10) faculty members at Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University who supervised the students during field experience, and the results of the research revealed no fundamental differences between the principals and supervisors in (organizational aspects Professionalism) according to the academic level of the students, furthermore, their responses were mostly rated between high and very high. The research recommended the necessity of training cooperating teachers in the field in order to better understand the requirements of early field experience and the mechanisms and strategies needed to better prepare student teachers.

The research aims to know the effect of the live and symbolic model in developing the speaking skill of the preparatory stage students. The purpose of achieving this aim, the researcher built a tool to measure the speaking skill, and deliberately chose one of the preparatory schools for boys to be a sample for the research, as it amounted to (20) students divided into two experimental groups and after conducting the reward between them, the first experimental group was taught according to the living model, while the second experimental group was taught according to the symbolic model. The researcher used statistical methods (Mann Whitney test, Wilcoxen test, the equation for extracting the distinction of test items, and the equation for extracting the difficulty of test items). The researcher reached the progress of the second experimental group, which was studied according to the symbolic model on the first experimental group, accordingly, the use of modern technological methods effectively contributes to better education.

Crime has become a source of danger to human life in general because of its impact on the economic and ideological conditions of society. Since ancient times, the authorities have used all laws that can reduce the incidence of crime, but they have failed. Therefore, many specialists sought to address this issue and find the best ways to prevent crime.
In fact, crime protection is defined as the efforts made by state institutions, society and individuals to maintain a security balance to achieve community stability. Therefore, this research aims to identify how to prevent crime and to clarify the most important modern theories and their applications to reduce the incidence of crime,
The researcher adopted the descriptive approach to prove that the issue of crime protection is one of the most important possible means to avoid the presence of a criminal personality in society, in addition to the fact that protection in general is a concept of multiple dimensions, images, and degrees. Finally, the research focused on the most important modern theories, including the monotonous activity theory, lifestyle theory and rational choice theory.

Social institution in the Kurdish region of Iraq and exclusively in the city of Erbil play an active role in providing many services to the segments of society, the current research aims to fulfil this role in the field and to reveal the role of social services from the specialists in these institution (social welfare, womans Guest Home, Autism center, Adolesecent Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation Department, Elderly Home) in the city of Erbil and its positive effectiveness in the local community, by (50) respondents from the inmates in these houses or institutions, After I conducted interviews with them by preparing a from that includes the required in the current research.
The results showed that social institution, through the workers of social specialists, were effective and positive in relieving many of the efforts of these services, a lot of efforts on the shoulders of their families and relatives.

The research aims to prepare an educational curriculum according to the numbered heads strategy, and to identify the effect of an educational curriculum according to the numbered heads strategy, learning some defensive skills in handball for students. In addition, there are differences in the results of the post-tests for the experimental and control groups, as the research sample consisted of students of the third stage - College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences / University of Kirkuk for the academic year 2020/2021The number of them is (40) students, where the two groups were chosen in a deliberate way to represent one of the two experimental groups, which numbered (20) students. As for the control group, their number was (20) students, and (12) students were excluded from those to whom the exploratory experiment was applied, as well as club players. The researcher used the experimental method with the experimental and control groups in the two tests, the pre and post tests, due to its relevance to the nature of the research.
The results of the research showed that the educational curriculum according to the numbered heads strategy has a positive effect on the basic skills of handball in the research sample, in addition to the diversification of exercises that increased the factor of suspense and excitement and had a significant impact on developing harmony and cooperation among student In light of the conclusions of the research, the researcher recommends conducting other research and studies to find out.

The current study aims to identify (the effectiveness of teaching with a model of the constructivist theorygood Lavoies in acquiring biological concepts for sixth-grade students in the Science Book)In Jaddah elementary mixed school of the General directorate of education for diyala for the academic year (2020-2021).The researcher used the experimental design with the two experimental and control groups, one of which controls the other partially and with the post-test for acquiring biological concepts. A) To represent the experimental group and the number of its members (32) taught according to the constructivist theory, while Division (C) represents the control group and the number of its members (32) students taught according to the usual method. Science) The scientific subject was defined in units (first, second, and third) from the science book for the sixth grade of primary school, and the experiment was applied in the first semester. For the academic year (2020-2021), the researcher taught the two research groups herself, and the teaching plans were prepared, as they amounted to (14) plans for the experimental group, and the same for the control group. For the three levels of acquisition (definition, discrimination, and application), as for the research tool, the biological concepts acquisition test was prepared, which consisted of (72) objective paragraphs of the multiple-choice type. It reached (85¸0) the ratio indicates that the tool obtained high stability, and the results of the research using the T-test for two independent samples showed the following: The students of the experimental group who studied according to model from the constructivist theory outperformed the students of the control group who studied according to the usual method in the acquisition test Scientific concepts, as the calculated (T) value amounted to (3.33), while the tabular (T) value reached (2) at the level of significance ( 0.05), and thus the null hypothesis was rejected, and through the results the effectiveness of the intervention was concluded. Reiss with a model of the constructivist theory in acquiring biological concepts for sixth graders. Based on what was mentioned, the researcher recommended a number of recommendations, including the necessity of introducing constructivist theory models in teaching science because of its importance in acquiring different concepts and training science teachers on the use of modern models and how to prepare teaching plans both before and during service. The researcher recommended conducting more studies on different subjects and stages of study and on other variables.

The problem of research is illustrated by the need for intelligent leaders and thinkers with intellectual abilities and non-traditional skills that depend on the foundations of knowledge development and experience and its principles and the formation of perceptions and visions related to the future and ways to confront the present, which has become characterized by highly dynamic rapid changes successively, and comes the importance of the topic of strategic intelligence in research as it is one of the topics that has received the attention of many interested, which increased the importance of following them and analyzing them constantly to research the possibility of containing and overcoming them and then trying to Control or influence them to ensure success, excellence, survival and adaptation to the changes that surround them. The research aims to identify the level of strategic intelligence of the principals of (civil primary schools) from their point of view. The research identified the 181 principals of civil primary schools who work in the directory of the Second Resafa (Baghdad Governorate) for the year of the 20212022, where the researcher identified a set of terms for the research, on the theoretical side that has Related to the topic and addressing a series of studies related to the subject research, and followed a set of procedures in terms of describing and designating the research community where a sample of (50) individuals was obtained and the ratio (.6.27%) to the research community, The researcher built a special tool for research through access to previous literature and studies, as well as the open question where honesty and stability were conducted on the tool and then the research came out with a number of results and then presented and interpreted. Then i put in place a set of conclusions, recommendations and proposals for research.

The current research aims to identify the classroom dialogue on the development of literary taste among students of the preparatory stage.
The research sample included the fifth secondary students Al-Zahraa Preparatory School / Baquba / Diyala. Directorate of Education for the academic year 2021-2022.
The research included a test consisting of 30 items. After applying the main experiment and the post test, the researcher presented and analyzed the results. It concluded that there is an educational need for secondary school students to use modern teaching methods that increase literary taste, and the use of the classroom dialogue method has a positive effect in increasing students' ability to taste.
The researcher recommends abandoning the traditional methods in teaching literature-texts and benefit from the results of the current study to direct Arabic language teachers to use the classroom dialogue method in teaching literature and texts.

This research aims to identify the following:
1. Identify the obstacles of educational technologies usages from the point view of members of teaching staff at University of Diyala.
2. Building a list that includes obstacles of educational technologies usages from the point view of members of teaching staff at University of Diyala.
3. Identify the obstacles of educational technologies usages from the point view of members of teaching staff at University of Diyala according to variables of gender (male - female), academic specialization (scientific - humanitarian), country of obtaining the certificate (inside Iraq - outside Iraq), marital status (single - married), professional scientific title (Assistant Instructor- Instructor - Assistant Professor - Professor), and years of university service (1-15, 16-30, 31 and above).
The researchers adopted the descriptive analytical approach. The research community consisted of all members of the teaching staff at University of Diyala for the academic year 2021-2022 amounting (1324) members, and the number of sample members amounted (300) members, selected by the random class method. As for the research tool, the researchers built a questionnaire consisting of (55) items distributed over six fields, obstacles related to teaching (18) items, obstacles related to students (5) items, technical obstacles (13) items, financial obstacles (7) items, cultural obstacles (7) items, and psychological and social obstacles (5) items. The researchers used the statistical package (SPSS) to analyze the data, and the results of the research showed the following:
All the fields and indicators of the questionnaire constituted obstacles for implementing educational technologies among the members of the teaching staff, and the order of these difficulties are as follows: the field of obstacles related to students came in first place, the field of financial obstacles in second place, while for the rest of the fields such as psychological and social obstacles, obstacles related to teaching, cultural obstacles, and technical obstacles, they were similar in terms of the size of the obstacle. The existence of statistically significant differences at the level of (0.05) between the average responses of teaching members is related to variables of gender and in favor of females, variable of specialization in favor of humanitarian specialization, the variable of country of obtaining the certificate in favor of within Iraq, the variable of marital status in favor of single, the variable of scientific title in favor of Instructor and Assistant Instructor, as well as for the years of university service in favor of (1-15) years.

The aim of the research is to know the effectiveness of a training program in developing positive behavior and productive thinkingThe mentally gifted students, and the researcher used the experimental design with a single experimental group for a pre- and post-test, and the current research is limited to the mentally gifted students who are in the second grade of secondary school who are registered in the distinguished schools of the Rusafa first district, as the sample consisted of (30) female students, and the current research used several Tools, including the training program (prepared / researcher) and the positive behavior scale (prepared / Shaqqura, 2014) and the productive thinking test (prepared / researcher). The results of the research resulted in the effectiveness of the training program used with the experimental group in developing positive behavior and productive thinking among the mentally gifted.

The current research aims at identifying the effectiveness of the Rally Strategy on the achievement and self-confidence among first-grade intermediate students, in social subject
The research community is represented by the first-grade intermediate students registered with the General Directorate of Education in Diyala Governorate. The researcher selects the Al-Baladhuri Intermediate School for Boys intentionally, specifically the first-grade intermediate students as a field to conduct the experiment. By using a simple random draw method, section (A) is chosen to be an experimental group who taught the social subject according to the Rally strategy which numbered (33) students, and section (C) is represented the control group who taught according to the traditional way of teaching which numbered (32) students.
The researcher has used an experimental method and chose an quasi- experimental design with a posttest consisting of an experimental group and control group for his research. With equivalence variables, namely: (chronological age, intelligence, previous historical information, previous achievement in social subject, self-confidence scale) of both research groups, the statistics proved the equivalence of the two research groups in those variables. Then after identifying the scientific topics, the researcher formulates the behavioral objectives and prepares the teaching plans for the students of the experimental and control groups.
The achievement test consists of (30) objective items of multiple choice type with four alternatives, and its validity and psychometric properties are verified (ease and difficulty factor Its paragraphs, discriminatory power, and the effectiveness of wrong alternatives. The stability of its paragraphs was found by adopting the Keoder Richard equation, which amounted to (0.85). The experiment was applied in the first academic course for the year (2021-2022), and the Al-Ghamdi scale (2009) of self-confidence, consisting of (22) items, was adopted, and using Statistical means The results showed that the students of the experimental group who were taught according to the Rally strategy were superior to the students of the control group. In achievement and self-confidence, and in light of the results reached by the researcher, a set of conclusions, recommendations and suggestions. From (30) substantive paragraphs of the type of multiple choice with four alternatives. It and its psychometric properties (the coefficient of ease and difficulty of its items, the discriminatory strength and the effectiveness of the wrong alternatives, and the stability of its items is verified by adopting the Richard’s equation, as it is reached to (0.85), the experiment is applied in the first academic course of the year (2021-2022), and the Al-Ghamdi scale (2009) is adopted for the self-confidence which contains (22) items. Through using statistical methods, the results show that the students of the experimental group who are taught according to the Rally strategy are superior than the students of the control group in terms of the achievement and self-confidence, and in light of the results reached by the researcher, he puts forward a set of conclusions, recommendations and suggestions.

The objective of this study is to empirically investigate impact of the entrepreneurial attribute innovation on the level of faculty research output in Higher Education, Saudi Arabia. The study adheres to ‎the quantitative paradigm and follows ‎a typical survey research design. The study in this fashion complements the extant educational leadership literature by documenting empirical evidence extent to which entrepreneurial leadership attributes are present in Saudi higher education system. In particular, the study employs a two-stage model approach where a preliminary model is estimated to document the impact of entrepreneurial leadership on faculty innovative behavior followed by a study model that uncovers the impact of faculty innovative behavior on the level of research output. The study collects data at 1020 faculty respondents at three major Saudi universities based on the validated item pool scale measurement of innovation advanced in Lukes and Stephans (2017). The results of the study support that the innovation attribute of entrepreneurial leadership is evident of Saudi faculty responses. The results are strongly consistent with the maintained hypothesis that entrepreneurial leadership which has a positive impact on individual innovative behavior owing to the innovation orientation of entrepreneurial leadership style. The study further strongly supports the theoretic prediction underlying the relationship between innovative behavior and performance by showing that faculty members who exhibit innovative behavior tend to perform much better and produce on average greater than three more papers relative to their counterparts who don’t exhibit innovative behavior on the individual level. Throughout, the study has a socio-cultural relevance to Saudi Arabia with respect to the 2030 vision of the kingdom that stresses innovation, valuable leadership, and competitive higher education.