EXPLORING CONSTRUCTS OF LEADERSHIP IN SMES: THE CASE OF SERBIA
| Autor: | Viktorija Petrov, Dorđe Celic, Zorica Uzelac, Zoran Draskovic, Dragan Janjusic |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Business Paradigms, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 48-61 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2459-5004 2584-6612 |
| Popis: | The scope of this paper is regarding leadership as an important supporting instrument for: the implementation of strategy, continuing development and enabling capabilities, depicting the most important constructs of strategic leadership in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Serbia. The data was collected using a survey designed to assess the leadership influencing factors nested in the acceptance of knowledge management concepts in SMEs in Serbia. The questionnaire was sent in to the mid-level managers and senior executives of 986 randomly selected SMEs. The respondents were predominately male, highly educated 30 to 40 years old CEOs with up to 5 years of experience in the current job. The obtained data was assessed by a principal component analysis and three factors were extracted: Culture, Structure, and Entrepreneurial attitudes, explaining 63.56% of variance. The results provide a basis for understanding the leadership predisposition of an SME as it enters a transitional socio-economic environment |
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