Title: Moderating impact of innovation work behaviour on the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and competitive advantage: an empirical study on retail industry of Jordan

Authors: Mohammad Izzat Alhalalmeh; Essa Mahmoud Al Tarawneh; Mohammed Mousa Eldahamsheh

Addresses: Business Administration Department, Amman University College for Financial and Administrative Sciences, Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan ' Faculty of Administrative and Financial Sciences, Aqaba University of Technology, Aqaba, Jordan ' College of Business Administration, American University in the Emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Abstract: The study aims to examine the moderating impact of innovation work behaviour on the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and competitive advantage. A survey questionnaire and primary quantitative study were designed with the sample size of 560 carried out for the purpose of data collection. The researchers used SEM techniques for the determination of the model. The findings section consists of various tests such as measurement model and structural model executed through AMOS. The analysis determined that there is a partial effect of entrepreneurial leadership over the cost advantage, service variety advantage and service quality advantage. Moreover, the moderation of idea exploration was significant in the case of service quality advantage with entrepreneurial leadership. Lastly, the moderation of idea implementation was insignificant as to the relationship of entrepreneurial leadership with cost advantage and service quality advantage while it was statistically significant with the service variety advantage.

Keywords: innovative work behaviour; IWB; entrepreneurial leadership; competitive advantage; retail industry; Jordan.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEBR.2023.133086

International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 2023 Vol.26 No.3, pp.255 - 274

Received: 26 May 2021
Accepted: 10 Jul 2021
Published online: 01 Sep 2023 *

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