The impact of entrepreneurial leadership and learning orientation on organizational performance of SMEs: The mediating role of innovation capacity (original) (raw)
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Background: Technology, knowledge, innovation are the main characteristic of successful organizations in today's economy. Innovative performance as a key asset is fundamental to building the competitive advantage of SMEs. It has also been shown that the innovative performance is a new concept, that firms are aspiring to achieve largely social interactions and technological relationships which allow easier accessing to information, reducing the amount of time and investment required to increase the levels of knowledge by organizational learning processes. Objective: The present study investigates empirically the role of moderating effect of entrepreneurial orientation in relationship between organizational learning and innovative performance among Jordanian SMEs. Results: The results of this study showed that dimensions of organizational learning (information acquisition, and organizational memory) were found positively and significantly related to innovative performance. Unexpectedly, it showed that there is no relationship between information distribution, information interpretation and innovative performance In addition; this study did not support the effect of entrepreneurial orientation that moderate in relationship between organizational learning and innovative performance. Conclusion: organizational learning are good for enhancing innovative performance, which implies that SMEs must do to enhance these four dimensions of organizational learning (information acquisition, information distribution, information interpretation, and organizational memory). In addition, this study did not support the effect of entrepreneurial orientation as moderator in relationship between organizational learning and innovative performance among SMEs in Jordan.
Examining of Innovative Performance Amongst SMEs in Jordan
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The aim of this study is to examine the innovative performance of SMEs in Jordan. The study also investigates the moderating effect of entrepreneurial orientation on the relationship among intellectual capital, organizational learning and innovative performance. Data was gathered using a questionnaire survey. Questionnaires were distributed to a sample of 600 managers/owners of Jordanian SMEs. 325 usable questionnaires were returned. PLS SEM technique was applied to analyse the data. The findings show that intellectual capital (human capital and customer capital dimensions) have a positive and significant effect on innovative performance. Results also showed that organizational learning (information acquisition, information distribution and organizational memory) has positive and significant effect on innovative performance. Finally, the study also found that entrepreneurial orientation (EO) moderates the relationship between customer capital and innovative performance.
LEADERSHIP, ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF SMES IN MALAYSIA
It is generally accepted that the entrepreneurs, who provide effective leadership, enhance organisational performance and ultimately their success. However, there has been a little empirical evidence to support the relationship between leadership and performance, especially within the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) context in Malaysia. The current study, therefore, intended to examine the relationships among the three organisational components; namely leadership, entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and organisational performance. The study also observed the similarities and differences in the leadership behaviours displayed by entrepreneurs based upon their gender, company size and types of industry. A quantitative survey was conducted with 283 entrepreneurs or managers of SMEs in Malaysia. The results revealed that both transformational and transactional leadership behaviours were significantly related to entrepreneurial orientation and in turn the entrepreneurial orientation was also positively linked to organisational performance (which was measured by profitability and growth). T-Test results also indicated significant differences in leadership behaviours among leaders of company's based on size and type of industry.
International Journal of Business Excellence, 2018
This paper analyses the effect of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on learning orientation (LO), the relationship between them and their effect on organisational learning (OL) and innovation performance (IP) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A cross-sectional research design, drawing on a questionnaire survey, was employed to collect data from a sample of Iranian SMEs. The results obtained from structural equation modelling analyses revealed that EO positively affects the LO and OL levels in SMEs. In addition, OL was found to be a significant antecedent of innovation performance. These findings have important implications for academies, practitioners, and economic policy makers.
The aim of this study investigates empirically the role of moderating effect of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in relationship between intellectual capital (IC) and innovative performance (IP) among Jordanian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Data was gathered by using a questionnaire survey. The questionnaire was distributed to a sample of 600 managers/owners from Jordanian SMEs. 325 usable questionnaires were returned. Partial least squares-structural equation modeling technique had been applied to analyses the data. The findings showed that dimensions of IC (human capital and customer capital) were found positively and significantly related to IP. In addition, this study supports the effect of EO that moderate partially in relationship between IC and IP.
Entrepreneurial orientation and SME performance: The mediating role of learning orientation
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Entrepreneurial leadership effect on SME’s performance in Malaysia
International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS), 2022
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