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LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE THE CRITICAL ROLE OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION IN SMES

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2024(IX-II).02      10.31703/gmsr.2024(IX-II).02      Published : Jun 2024

Leadership Dynamics and Organizational Performance: The Critical Role of Employee Motivation in SMEs

Abstract

    The purpose of this research is to analyze the impact of leadership as a management strategy on motivation and organizational performance in SMEs. Employing a quantitative research approach under the overall umbrellaof positivism, the study aimed at reaching managerial employees working in SMEs, despite their significance for the economy and constant management and motivation issues. The participants were 350 managerial professionals, forming a growing population to maximize statistical reliability. The primary method of data collection involved Likert scales in questionnaire surveys, while for the analysis (PLS-SEM), Smart PLS was used. This research established that there is a positive correlation between leadership behavior, organizational commitment, and organizational output in SMEs. The results of this study, therefore, stress the importance of leadership and motivation in boosting organizational performance and make a strong call to SMEs to track their efforts towards bettering these elements intheir operations to gain better performance results.

    Leadership Style, Employee Motivation, Organizational Performance, SME’s

    (1) Shahid Kalim Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Thal University Bhakkar, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Aamir Sohail
    Lecturer, Department of Commerce, Thal University Bhakkar, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Naqash Ali
    Department of Business Administration Thal University Bhakkar, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Khan, S. K., Sohail, A., & Ali, N. (2024). Leadership Dynamics and Organizational Performance: The Critical Role of Employee Motivation in SMEs. Global Management Sciences Review, IX(II), 13-22. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2024(IX-II).02

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Khan, Shahid Kalim, Aamir Sohail, and Naqash Ali. 2024. "Leadership Dynamics and Organizational Performance: The Critical Role of Employee Motivation in SMEs." Global Management Sciences Review, IX (II): 13-22 doi: 10.31703/gmsr.2024(IX-II).02

HARVARD

    HARVARD : KHAN, S. K., SOHAIL, A. & ALI, N. 2024. Leadership Dynamics and Organizational Performance: The Critical Role of Employee Motivation in SMEs. Global Management Sciences Review, IX, 13-22.

MHRA

    MHRA : Khan, Shahid Kalim, Aamir Sohail, and Naqash Ali. 2024. "Leadership Dynamics and Organizational Performance: The Critical Role of Employee Motivation in SMEs." Global Management Sciences Review, IX: 13-22

MLA

    MLA : Khan, Shahid Kalim, Aamir Sohail, and Naqash Ali. "Leadership Dynamics and Organizational Performance: The Critical Role of Employee Motivation in SMEs." Global Management Sciences Review, IX.II (2024): 13-22 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Khan, Shahid Kalim, Sohail, Aamir, and Ali, Naqash (2024), "Leadership Dynamics and Organizational Performance: The Critical Role of Employee Motivation in SMEs", Global Management Sciences Review, IX (II), 13-22

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Khan, Shahid Kalim, Aamir Sohail, and Naqash Ali. "Leadership Dynamics and Organizational Performance: The Critical Role of Employee Motivation in SMEs." Global Management Sciences Review IX, no. II (2024): 13-22. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2024(IX-II).02