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A Study on Leadership Styles in SMEs

The literature emphasizes on the importance of leadership to organizations. The review of the literature however indicates limited studies have attempted to empirically examine leadership in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Despite the importance of leadership, a review o...

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Main Authors: Mohd Khairuddin Hashim, Sa'ari Ahmad, Mustafa Zakaria
Format: Conference Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Leadership styles
SMEs
Organizations
Online Access:http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/6036
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spelling my.usim-60362015-07-03T02:44:52Z A Study on Leadership Styles in SMEs Mohd Khairuddin Hashim Sa'ari Ahmad Mustafa Zakaria Leadership styles SMEs Organizations The literature emphasizes on the importance of leadership to organizations. The review of the literature however indicates limited studies have attempted to empirically examine leadership in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Despite the importance of leadership, a review of past studies suggests few studies have attempted to investigate leadership styles adopted by owners and managers of SMEs, particularly in the local context. This study attempted to examine the leadership styles practiced by SMEs. By using the Leadership Style Inventory (LSI), the study collected data from 140 owners and managers of SMEs. The results indicate that the owners and managers of the SMEs in the study followed four types of leadership styles that include supportive, logical, commanding and inspirational. 2012-12-03T02:03:28Z 2012-12-03T02:03:28Z 2012-12-03 Conference Paper http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/6036 en
institution Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
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topic Leadership styles
SMEs
Organizations
spellingShingle Leadership styles
SMEs
Organizations
Mohd Khairuddin Hashim
Sa'ari Ahmad
Mustafa Zakaria
A Study on Leadership Styles in SMEs
description The literature emphasizes on the importance of leadership to organizations. The review of the literature however indicates limited studies have attempted to empirically examine leadership in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Despite the importance of leadership, a review of past studies suggests few studies have attempted to investigate leadership styles adopted by owners and managers of SMEs, particularly in the local context. This study attempted to examine the leadership styles practiced by SMEs. By using the Leadership Style Inventory (LSI), the study collected data from 140 owners and managers of SMEs. The results indicate that the owners and managers of the SMEs in the study followed four types of leadership styles that include supportive, logical, commanding and inspirational.
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author Mohd Khairuddin Hashim
Sa'ari Ahmad
Mustafa Zakaria
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Sa'ari Ahmad
Mustafa Zakaria
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title A Study on Leadership Styles in SMEs
title_short A Study on Leadership Styles in SMEs
title_full A Study on Leadership Styles in SMEs
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title_full_unstemmed A Study on Leadership Styles in SMEs
title_sort study on leadership styles in smes
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url http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/6036
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