CEO Entrepreneurial Leadership and Performance Outcomes of Top Management Teams in Entrepreneurial Ventures: The Mediating Effects of Psychological Safety
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This study examines whether the exhibition of entrepreneurial leadership by CEOs within entrepreneurial ventures fosters higher levels of top management team performance and job performance of team members, and whether psychological safety explains such effects. Utilizing four waves of multisource, multilevel data from 262 team members across 56 top management teams, we find that the exercise of entrepreneurial leadership by the CEO leads to higher levels of performance at the team and individual levels, and that psychological safety mediates such relationships.
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- Authors
- Miao, Q., Eva, N., Newman, A., & Cooper, B.
- Affiliations
- Zhejiang University (CN)
- Monash University (AU)
- Deakin University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Newman, Alexander
- Venue
- Journal of Small Business Management
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2018-09-25
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 1119-1135
- ISSN
- 0047-2778 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-627X
- OpenAlex
- W2892546265
- Cited by
- 131
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 14.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- figshare.com
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Small Business Management (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (71672174, R17G020002)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Leadership
- Keywords
- top management teams, entrepreneurial firms, psychological safety, team performance, employee performance, mediating effect, small business management
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