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Examining the influence of servant and entrepreneurial leadership on the work outcomes of employees in social enterprises
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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.
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- Authors
- Newman, A., Neesham, C., Manville, G., & Tse, H. H. M.
- Affiliations
- Deakin University (AU)
- Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Monash University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Newman, Alexander
- Venue
- The International Journal of Human Resource Management
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-07-29
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 20
- Pages
- 2905-2926
- ISSN
- 0958-5192 (ISSN-L)
- 1466-4399
- OpenAlex
- W2739864212
- Cited by
- 173
- References
- 91
- Citations by year
- 2026: 18 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 15.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
- Locations
- The International Journal of Human Resource Management (publishedVersion)
- UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Swinburne figshare (Swinburne University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Leadership
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Keywords
- servant leadership, entrepreneurial leadership, social enterprises, organizational commitment, innovative behavior, employee outcomes, leadership styles, prosocial motivation, creative self-efficacy
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