Leadership behaviour, entrepreneurial orientation and organisational performance in Malaysian small and medium enterprises

Leadership behaviour, entrepreneurial orientation and organisational performance in Malaysian small and medium enterprises

The purpose of this study was to identify the leadership behaviour, entrepreneurialorientation and organisational performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia.Three main constructs were selected namely leadership behaviour, entrepreneurial orientation andorganisational performance...

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Leadership behaviour, entrepreneurial orientation and organisational performance in Malaysian small and medium enterprises
description The purpose of this study was to identify the leadership behaviour, entrepreneurialorientation and organisational performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia.Three main constructs were selected namely leadership behaviour, entrepreneurial orientation andorganisational performance based on Resource Based Theory (RBT) by Galbreath (2005) andTransformational Leadership Theory by Bass (1985). The research design used in this study was asurvey method and data were collected using quantitative approaches. The respondents were 401 owneror manager of SMEs operating in manufacturing and service industries in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.The respondents were selected using the Stratified Sampling Technique. The study instrument appliedwas questionnaires. The finding showed that transformational leadership has higher impact towardsorganisational performance (β=0.257, S.E=0.055) than transactional leadership (β=0.220, S.E=0.054).Entrepreneurial orientation also significantly contributed to organisational performance (β=0.199,S.E=0.054). Furthermore, this study found that entrepreneurial orientation acted as partialmediator between leadership behaviour and organisational performance (β=0.284, S.E= 0.256). The keyimplications of this study revealed that transformational leadership proved to be more efficientthan transactional leadership in term of leadership behaviour. Thus, the leader of SMEs need topractise and nurture the qualities of transformational leadership, and focus on entrepreneurialorientation in order to achieve better organisational performance. This study also acknowledges theleadership and entrepreneurial orientation as a resource and capability in organisation because theintegration of these two elements are the yardstick for SMEs’ success in Malaysia.
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title_full Leadership behaviour, entrepreneurial orientation and organisational performance in Malaysian small and medium enterprises
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spelling oai:ir.upsi.edu.my:47962020-03-09 Leadership behaviour, entrepreneurial orientation and organisational performance in Malaysian small and medium enterprises 2019 Azizah Hashim HD Industries. Land use. Labor The purpose of this study was to identify the leadership behaviour, entrepreneurialorientation and organisational performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia.Three main constructs were selected namely leadership behaviour, entrepreneurial orientation andorganisational performance based on Resource Based Theory (RBT) by Galbreath (2005) andTransformational Leadership Theory by Bass (1985). The research design used in this study was asurvey method and data were collected using quantitative approaches. The respondents were 401 owneror manager of SMEs operating in manufacturing and service industries in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.The respondents were selected using the Stratified Sampling Technique. The study instrument appliedwas questionnaires. The finding showed that transformational leadership has higher impact towardsorganisational performance (β=0.257, S.E=0.055) than transactional leadership (β=0.220, S.E=0.054).Entrepreneurial orientation also significantly contributed to organisational performance (β=0.199,S.E=0.054). Furthermore, this study found that entrepreneurial orientation acted as partialmediator between leadership behaviour and organisational performance (β=0.284, S.E= 0.256). The keyimplications of this study revealed that transformational leadership proved to be more efficientthan transactional leadership in term of leadership behaviour. Thus, the leader of SMEs need topractise and nurture the qualities of transformational leadership, and focus on entrepreneurialorientation in order to achieve better organisational performance. This study also acknowledges theleadership and entrepreneurial orientation as a resource and capability in organisation because theintegration of these two elements are the yardstick for SMEs’ success in Malaysia. 2019 thesis https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=4796 https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=4796 text eng closedAccess Doctoral Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Fakulti Pengurusan dan Ekonomi Abdullah Al Mamun , Mohamed Dahlan Ibrahim , Mohd Nor Hakimin Yusoff & Syed AliFazal. (2018). Entrepreneurial leadership, performance, and sustainability of micro- enterprises inMalaysia. Sustainability,10.Abe, M., Troilo, M., Juneja, J. S., & Narain, S. (2012). Policy guidebook for SME development inAsia and the Pacific. Bangkok : United Nations ESCAPAbdul Razak, R. (2011). Entrepreneurial orientation as a universal remedy for the recedingproductivity in Malaysian small and medium enterprises: A theoretical perspective. 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