Participatory Leadership and its Role in Enhancing Human Resource Sustainability Through the Mediating Role of Organizational Equilibrium An Analytical Study of the Opinions of a Sample of Workers in Private Hospitals in Duhok Governorate/ Kurdistan Regio

The current research aims to explore the impact of participative leadership represented by (decision-making participation, delegation of authority, human relations, and justice and equality) in human resource sustainability, defined by (human resource well-being, human resource development, human resource retention, and work-life Equilibrium). At the same time, testing the mediating role of the organizational Equilibrium variable represented by (contributions and inducements) in the influential relationship between the two variables. The study community comprised all employees working in private hospitals in the governorate, totaling approximately 650 individuals across 15 hospitals. Data were collected from a random sample of 306 medical staff members working in private hospitals in Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, using a questionnaire. The research employs a descriptive-analytical approach, and the results, analyzed using SPSS V.25, indicate a significant direct effect of both participative leadership and organizational Equilibrium on human resource sustainability. Furthermore, the findings confirm the potential of organizational Equilibrium as a partial mediator in the relationship between participative leadership and human resource sustainability. The study recommends that private hospital management enhance human resource sustainability by promoting participative leadership practices and leveraging the dimensions of organizational Equilibrium to achieve this goal..