Today’s leader deals with many challenges in enacting roles as agents of change. Extremely uncertain and rapidly changing in a dynamic environment become a crucial problem for a leader in mobilizing organizational change.  It is imperative for a leader to adopt a strategic approach to drive organizational change effectively for establishing organizational improvement and sustainability. This article reviews transformational leadership as an effective model to drive organizational change in the context of today’s organization leader.  Although, there is still controversy about the significant leadership style for establishing changes, the results of previous studies have proven that transformational leadership is a specific approach to achieve the success of organizational change in today's environment.  ..

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In a fast-moving modern era with many moral problems, Islamic work ethic (IWE) has been a pivotal concept in the success of innovation in the public sector. The perfection of “Akhlaq” is a major priority of the IWE. Its principles contain virtues derived from the Qur’an and Hadith. Practising these values will provide benefits for both individuals as well as society. Thus, Muslim who embed the values of IWE directly in their work will have more innovative behaviour. However, the value of IWE is not easy to be implemented to support innovation in the public sector. The concept of IWE is not easily accepted and applied by Islamic workers, even though they understand and know that these values are derived from the Qur’an. This situation is further worsened in a problematic public sector environment and culture. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to clarify the significant relationship between IWE and innovation in the public sector by identifying factors or aspects to solve t.....

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