Title: The impact of entrepreneurial leadership on organisational performance: does innovation management matter?

Authors: Rawan Odeh Khalaf Alshawabkeh; Lina Hamdan Al-Abbadi; Mohammed Mousa Eldahamsheh; Ali Zakariya Al-Quran; Hanan Mohammad Almomani; Ali Khaled Bani-Khaled; Sulieman Ibraheem Shelash Al-Hawary

Addresses: Business Administration Department, Business School, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Al-Salt، Amman, Jordan ' Business Administration Department, Business School, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Al-Salt، Amman, Jordan ' College of Business Administration, American University in the Emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates ' Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Al al-Bayt University, P.O. Box 130040, Mafraq 25113, Jordan ' Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Al al-Bayt University, P.O. Box 130040, Mafraq 25113, Jordan ' Public Administration, Agricultural Credit Cooperation, Mafraq, Jordan ' Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Al al-Bayt University, P.O. Box 130040, Mafraq 25113, Jordan

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of innovation management on the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and organisational performance. The study data was collected through a survey questionnaire from 551 respondents. The SEM technique was used along with CFA and path analysis to test the study hypotheses. In this regard, AMOS has been used in this study to accomplish the key research objectives. It has been found that there is a significant impact of innovativeness and risk-taking on the operational performance, whereas risk-taking and creativity aspects of entrepreneurial leadership are found to have a significant impact on the financial performance of the manufacturing firms in Jordan. On the other hand, it is also determined that technical performance significantly moderates the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and operational performance. Moreover, commercial performance and social performance significantly moderates the association between entrepreneurial leadership and financial performance.

Keywords: entrepreneurial leadership; financial performance; operational performance; innovation; manufacturing sector; Jordan.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2024.136795

International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2024 Vol.47 No.2, pp.236 - 255

Received: 04 Jul 2021
Accepted: 10 Nov 2021
Published online: 22 Feb 2024 *

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