{"title":"Entrepreneurial Leadership and Organizational Performance with Reference to Rural Small Scale Engineering Industry in Pune District","authors":"D. Jagdale, S. Bhola","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2481662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2481662","url":null,"abstract":"Entrepreneurial Leadership is a significant concept in entrepreneurship literature. Different leadership styles effect on effectiveness and performance of the organizations. Present research investigates the impact of Entrepreneurial Leadership style on Organizational Performance with reference to Rural Small Scale Engineering Industry in Pune District of India. A ten items scale developed by (Boltan 2012) was used to find leadership styles. The data were collected from one hundred and forty four (144) entrepreneurs from Rural Small Scale Engineering Industry of 13 tehsils of in Pune District of India. For statistical analysis Mean, Standard Deviation, T-Test, and Chi-square test were used. Study concludes that there is no significant association between leadership styles and organizational performance.","PeriodicalId":338190,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Leadership (Sub-Topic)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130019639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Executive Overconfidence and the Slippery Slope to Financial Misreporting","authors":"Catherine Schrand, Sarah L. C. Zechman","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1265631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1265631","url":null,"abstract":"A detailed analysis of 49 firms subject to AAERs suggests that approximately one-quarter of the misstatements meet the legal standards of intent. In the remaining three quarters, the initial misstatement reflects an optimistic bias that is not necessarily intentional. Because of the bias, however, in subsequent periods these firms are more likely to be in a position in which they are compelled to intentionally misstate earnings. Overconfident executives are more likely to exhibit an optimistic bias and thus are more likely to start down a slippery slope of growing intentional misstatements. Evidence from a high-tech sample and a larger and more general sample support the overconfidence explanation for this path to misstatements and AAERs.","PeriodicalId":338190,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Leadership (Sub-Topic)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126809911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Human and Social Capital Traits in SMEs Over-Performance During Industrial Downturns: Theoretical Development","authors":"Vassiliki Bamiatzi, R. Sinkovics","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1620390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1620390","url":null,"abstract":"In this study we investigate the firm specific factors which facilitate organizational over-performance in declining industries. Despite the extant rich literature on firm growth factors, we are still far from a comprehensive picture on which of them contribute to firm growth the most, especially when adverse environmental contexts are present. Yet, the cyclical nature of industrial downturns and the current economic climate add additional urgency to the above question. Building on the resource based view, the entrepreneurship and small firm growth literatures, while combining the findings from our recent empirical study on 20 highly growing UK SMEs in 19 poor performing sectors, we develop a set of propositions which re-examine the role of leaders, their teams and networks on achieving firm over-performance in adverse conditions. Our findings reveal that these outliers are run by managers with long firm tenure, long output experience and entrepreneurial attitude. They invest in human capital with high levels of firm-specific skills, promote vigorous training and encourage employee participation in the decision making. They also foster multiple informal and formal external networks by building long-term personal relationships with external actors and participating in industry-related events. Overall, by developing and testing an integrative model of SME over-performance in adverse conditions, we address an overlooked gap in the literature, set the foundations for further research and provide practical value to SME managers.","PeriodicalId":338190,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Leadership (Sub-Topic)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122931488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}