Abstract
Small firms are central to many economies but the contribution of leadership to small business performance is currently poorly understood. Reporting on a study of small Australian firms, this paper investigates the effects of organic or distributed leadership on six measures of firm performance – staff and customer satisfaction, financial outcomes, productivity, and staff and manager tenure. Findings show that organic leadership is associated with higher performance on all measures than the traditionally-high performing visionary leadership paradigm. The paper discusses why the emerging organic paradigm can outperform more traditional paradigms.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Sustainable Leadership, 2015 |
| Editors | Gayle C. Avery, Marie-Laure Bouchet |
| Place of Publication | Pymble NSW |
| Publisher | Institute for Sustainable Leadership |
| Pages | 18-27 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780987461858 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Event | International Symposium on Sustainable Leadership (10th : 2015) - Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: 2 Jun 2015 → 5 Jun 2015 |
Conference
| Conference | International Symposium on Sustainable Leadership (10th : 2015) |
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| City | Dubrovnik, Croatia |
| Period | 2/06/15 → 5/06/15 |
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Keywords
- organic leadership
- performance
- small business
- staff and manager tenure
- productivity
- staff and customer satisfaction
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Avery, G. C., Bergsteiner, H., & Jing, F. F. (2015). Achieving high performance in small firms under organic leadership. In G. C. Avery, & M-L. Bouchet (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Sustainable Leadership, 2015 (pp. 18-27). Pymble NSW: Institute for Sustainable Leadership.