The relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance in information communication technology (ICT) small and medium enterprises (SMEs): a mediating effect of leadership effectiveness / Chitra Madanchian

Malaysia has the vision to be a developed country by 2020. To achieve this vision, the country needs to further strengthen its economic development and growth. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) development is one of the important sources for economic development and growth. However, compared to...

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spelling my-uitm-ir.609712024-07-03T02:36:51Z The relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance in information communication technology (ICT) small and medium enterprises (SMEs): a mediating effect of leadership effectiveness / Chitra Madanchian 2020-09 Madanchian, Chitra Leadership. Transformational leadership Organizational effectiveness. Performance measurement Malaysia has the vision to be a developed country by 2020. To achieve this vision, the country needs to further strengthen its economic development and growth. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) development is one of the important sources for economic development and growth. However, compared to the SMEs in many developed countries their contributions to the country’s economy need to be enhanced. According to the literature, ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness are two important factors rolling organizational performance, however, research on these two factors in small businesses, especially SMEs in Malaysia, is still lacking. On the other hand, the Information Communication Technology (ICT) has been known as an enabler lifting Malaysia to achieve the Vision 2020 and yet Malaysia needs more focus on SMEs and ICTs to improve its economic growth. Therefore, this study concentrates on the organizational performance of SMEs in Malaysia from the perspective of the ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness, specifically ICT sector’ leaders and examines the relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance through the effect of leadership effectiveness as a mediator. To achieve this, this study begins by reviewing the literature in the areas of ethical leadership, leadership effectiveness, and organizational performance. The ethical leadership was chosen as a one-dimensional construct and leadership effectiveness as a mediator which are considered the most recent paradigms of leadership. Growth and profitability were used as measures for organizational performance. Afterward, a conceptual model was developed to test the hypotheses, with data being collected from 383 ICT companies of SMEs context in Malaysia using a probability sampling method. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) using path analysis were used to test the proposed model and to verify all hypotheses on the effects of ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness on organizational performance. This study demonstrated that there is a significant and positive relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance as well as a significant and positive relationship between leadership effectiveness and organizational performance. Also, leadership effectiveness as a mediator was found to have an impact on the relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance. The findings of this study suggested that besides having ethical leadership, leaders need to focus on their effectiveness to improve their organizational performance. Moreover, the knowledge gained from this study acknowledges that ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness are important resources and capabilities in an organization as the integration of these two elements can offer success for SMEs organizations. These proved that the results of this study can help ICT SMEs to focus on what matters to improve their performance. The findings of this study provide a better understanding of the contributions of ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness to the performance of SMEs specifically ICT companies in Malaysia. 2020-09 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60971/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60971/1/60971.pdf text en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Business and Management Hussein, Norashikin (Dr.)
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Hussein, Norashikin (Dr.)
topic Leadership
Transformational leadership
Leadership
Transformational leadership
spellingShingle Leadership
Transformational leadership
Leadership
Transformational leadership
Madanchian, Chitra
The relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance in information communication technology (ICT) small and medium enterprises (SMEs): a mediating effect of leadership effectiveness / Chitra Madanchian
description Malaysia has the vision to be a developed country by 2020. To achieve this vision, the country needs to further strengthen its economic development and growth. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) development is one of the important sources for economic development and growth. However, compared to the SMEs in many developed countries their contributions to the country’s economy need to be enhanced. According to the literature, ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness are two important factors rolling organizational performance, however, research on these two factors in small businesses, especially SMEs in Malaysia, is still lacking. On the other hand, the Information Communication Technology (ICT) has been known as an enabler lifting Malaysia to achieve the Vision 2020 and yet Malaysia needs more focus on SMEs and ICTs to improve its economic growth. Therefore, this study concentrates on the organizational performance of SMEs in Malaysia from the perspective of the ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness, specifically ICT sector’ leaders and examines the relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance through the effect of leadership effectiveness as a mediator. To achieve this, this study begins by reviewing the literature in the areas of ethical leadership, leadership effectiveness, and organizational performance. The ethical leadership was chosen as a one-dimensional construct and leadership effectiveness as a mediator which are considered the most recent paradigms of leadership. Growth and profitability were used as measures for organizational performance. Afterward, a conceptual model was developed to test the hypotheses, with data being collected from 383 ICT companies of SMEs context in Malaysia using a probability sampling method. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) using path analysis were used to test the proposed model and to verify all hypotheses on the effects of ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness on organizational performance. This study demonstrated that there is a significant and positive relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance as well as a significant and positive relationship between leadership effectiveness and organizational performance. Also, leadership effectiveness as a mediator was found to have an impact on the relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance. The findings of this study suggested that besides having ethical leadership, leaders need to focus on their effectiveness to improve their organizational performance. Moreover, the knowledge gained from this study acknowledges that ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness are important resources and capabilities in an organization as the integration of these two elements can offer success for SMEs organizations. These proved that the results of this study can help ICT SMEs to focus on what matters to improve their performance. The findings of this study provide a better understanding of the contributions of ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness to the performance of SMEs specifically ICT companies in Malaysia.
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author Madanchian, Chitra
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title The relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance in information communication technology (ICT) small and medium enterprises (SMEs): a mediating effect of leadership effectiveness / Chitra Madanchian
title_short The relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance in information communication technology (ICT) small and medium enterprises (SMEs): a mediating effect of leadership effectiveness / Chitra Madanchian
title_full The relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance in information communication technology (ICT) small and medium enterprises (SMEs): a mediating effect of leadership effectiveness / Chitra Madanchian
title_fullStr The relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance in information communication technology (ICT) small and medium enterprises (SMEs): a mediating effect of leadership effectiveness / Chitra Madanchian
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance in information communication technology (ICT) small and medium enterprises (SMEs): a mediating effect of leadership effectiveness / Chitra Madanchian
title_sort relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance in information communication technology (ict) small and medium enterprises (smes): a mediating effect of leadership effectiveness / chitra madanchian
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