دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی تاثیر رهبری اخلاقی بر اثربخشی رهبری در میان SME ها در مالزی - الزویر 2018

Abstract

One of the important sources for economic growth is the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Research has shown that leadership is an important factor for organizational success. But the literature has indicated that leadership research in small businesses, especially SMEs in Malaysia, is still lacking. Thus, this study concentrates on the ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness among SMEs in Malaysia. To achieve this, this study begins by reviewing the literature in the areas of ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness. The quantitative approach is employed for data collection and analysis. To test the hypothesis data were collected from 150 Malaysia’ SMEs operating in service sector specifically Information Communication Technology (ICT). Exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling (SEM) using path analysis were used to test the model and verify the hypothesis on the direct and positive effects of ethical leadership on leadership effectiveness. The findings of this research shows that ethical leadership have direct and positive effect on leadership effectiveness.

8. Conclusion

The major theoretical contribution of this study was proved that ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness have positive relationships. This study makes contribution to the field of ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness in the context of a developing country such as Malaysia. The findings and results of this research provide evidence that ethical leadership is an important element for SMEs that have positive and significant effects on leadership effectiveness. The quantitate results showed that leaders of SMEs in Malaysia via ethical also can be more effective in their firms. The main objective and goal of conducting this research is to provide results which might be valuable and helpful for both practitioners of SMEs in service industries context and researchers who are interest in the field of leadership. The outcomes of this study show that the ethical leadership behavior of CEO are significant variables that have effect on leadership effectiveness and its dimensions. The study concludes that leaders of SMEs in Malaysia using ethical and effective leadership behavior in their firms. Furthermore, according to results of this research leaders of SMEs in Malaysia are encouraged to further develop their understanding of ethical and effective leadership behavior and attempt to learn and develop their skills and knowledge in regard to these forms of leadership behavior which may benefit them and their organizations. In sum up, this research provides contributions according to framework and findings for understanding ethical and effective leadership behavior in SMEs context in Malaysia.