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Leadership Styles For Creating Shared Value In Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises, Joshua Oisedebame Ilevbare
Leadership Styles For Creating Shared Value In Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises, Joshua Oisedebame Ilevbare
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Lack of alignment between leadership style and strategy contributes to the failure of many small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) leaders to realize their potential for creating shared value (CSV). Aligning leadership styles with CSV strategies improves the ability of Nigerian SME leaders to create economic and social value for all stakeholders of their enterprise. Using four contingency theories of leadership as a conceptual framework, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies SME leaders use for aligning leadership style and business strategy for CSV. The participants comprised 11 owners or senior managers from four SMEs in the …
Business Sustainability Strategies Of Small And Medium Enterprises In South Africa, Celestine Chiedo Aharanwa
Business Sustainability Strategies Of Small And Medium Enterprises In South Africa, Celestine Chiedo Aharanwa
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) constitute a crucial driving force for global economic growth. Some SME business owners face challenges in adopting business sustainability strategies to stay in business beyond five years. The ravages of unemployment due to business closure negatively impact the socio-economic wellbeing of the local community residents. Grounded in the sustainable development theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies SME business owners in South Africa use to stay in business beyond five years. The participants comprised six SME business owners from six industrial sectors in the Gauteng province of South Africa who …
Leadership Styles For Creating Shared Value In Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises, Joshua Oisedebame Ilevbare
Leadership Styles For Creating Shared Value In Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises, Joshua Oisedebame Ilevbare
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Lack of alignment between leadership style and strategy contributes to the failure of many small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) leaders to realize their potential for creating shared value (CSV). Aligning leadership styles with CSV strategies improves the ability of Nigerian SME leaders to create economic and social value for all stakeholders of their enterprise. Using four contingency theories of leadership as a conceptual framework, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies SME leaders use for aligning leadership style and business strategy for CSV. The participants comprised 11 owners or senior managers from four SMEs in the …