Examining the influence of servant and entrepreneurial leadership on the work outcomes of employees in social enterprises

Newman, Alexander, Neesham, Cristina, Manville, Graham ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4341-1363 and Tse, Herman (2018) Examining the influence of servant and entrepreneurial leadership on the work outcomes of employees in social enterprises. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29 (20). pp. 2905-2926. ISSN 0958-5192

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Abstract

The present study examines the relative influence of two distinct leadership styles, servant leadership and entrepreneurial leadership, on the organizational commitment and innovative behavior of employees working in social enterprises. Analyzing data from 169 employees and 42 social entrepreneurs, we found that, although servant leadership was positively related to followers’ organizational commitment, the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and organizational commitment was insignificant. In contrast, whilst we found evidence that entrepreneurial leadership was positively related to followers’ innovative behavior, the relationship between servant leadership and employees’ innovative behavior was insignificant. Our research contributes to the underdeveloped literature on leadership in social enterprises by exploring the relative effectiveness of different leadership styles (namely an entrepreneurial leadership style and a servant leadership style) in promoting follower work attitudes and behaviors in social enterprises. In addition, our research demonstrates the importance of leadership over and above followers’ individual differences such as pro-social motivation and creative self-efficacy.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Issue 20: Recruiting, Managing and Rewarding Workers in Social Enterprises
Uncontrolled Keywords: social enterprise, servant leadership, entrepreneurial leadership,organizational commitment,innovative behavior
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Business Strategy (former - to 2019)
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Marketing
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 16 Aug 2017 05:06
Last Modified: 21 Oct 2022 15:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/64510
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2017.1359792

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