Moderating effect of chief executive officer servant leadership on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance

IF 7.1 2区管理学 Q1 Business, Management and Accounting

International Small Business Journal-Researching Entrepreneurship Pub Date : 2024-08-26 DOI:10.1177/02662426241268328

Sanjay Chaudhary, Vishal K Gupta, Chitra Singla

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Abstract

Although entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is widely believed to benefit firms, it is increasingly considered necessary but insufficient for achieving superior firm performance. To better understand the circumstances under which EO is beneficial for firms, we adopt a resource-based perspective to introduce chief executive officer (CEO) servant leadership as a critical moderator of the EO–performance relationship. We validate our predictions using multi-point data from 170 small firms in India. The results reveal that three servant leadership behaviours – altruistic calling, wisdom and emotional healing – strengthen the EO–performance relationship. Furthermore, consistent with systems logic, the performance benefits of EO are found to be greater when the CEO servant leadership is closer to an ‘ideal’ configuration of behaviours. Overall, our findings contribute to a better understanding of the role of CEO leadership behaviours in fully actualising EO’s performance potential, thus illuminating the importance of aligning a firm’s strategic posture with other constructs of interest.

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首席执行官仆人式领导对创业导向与公司业绩之间关系的调节作用

尽管人们普遍认为创业导向（EO）有利于企业，但越来越多的人认为创业导向是必要的，但不足以实现卓越的企业绩效。为了更好地理解创业导向在何种情况下对企业有利，我们采用了基于资源的视角，将首席执行官（CEO）的仆人式领导引入创业导向-绩效关系的关键调节因素。我们利用印度 170 家小型企业的多点数据验证了我们的预测。结果显示，三种仆人式领导行为--利他主义感召、智慧和情感治愈--加强了企业运营绩效关系。此外，与系统逻辑一致的是，当首席执行官的仆人式领导更接近于 "理想 "的行为配置时，EO 的绩效效益会更大。总之，我们的研究结果有助于人们更好地理解首席执行官的领导行为在充分发挥EO的绩效潜力方面所起的作用，从而揭示了将企业的战略态势与其他相关因素结合起来的重要性。

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期刊介绍： The International Small Business Journal (ISBJ) is a leading peer-reviewed journal renowned for publishing high-quality original research papers on small business and entrepreneurship. It prioritizes research-based studies that contribute to theory development, critical understanding, and policy formulation related to small firms. ISBJ papers encompass theoretical, methodological, and empirical studies from various disciplines and perspectives, aiming for research excellence in the field. The journal provides a critical forum for world-class contributions analyzing entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial behavior. This refereed journal is valuable to academics, policymakers, analysts, government and business officials, small business representative bodies, and support agencies seeking to gain insights into the sector, trade, business institutions, and related matters.