STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES: THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS

The study examines how strategic interventions mediate in the relationship between strategic leadership behaviors and firm performance of SMEs in Nigeria. A survey of 834 registered operators of SMEs through structured questionnaire was used and data were analysed using mediation analysis through structural equation modeling. The results showed that strategic leadership influence performance through strategic interventions decomposed into organisational learning and cultural values. It showed that the mediator exerts stronger effect on performance than the independent variable. It revealed further that strategic interventions are significant in its causal effect on performance of SMEs than strategic leadership. The implication is that the operators should not only encourage employee to be optimistic in future accomplishment and stimulate a sense of logic to create the notion of problem solving, but also must inculcate the culture of paying attention to employee talents and needs for performance improvement.

Leadership as a Facilitator of Evidence Implementation by Nurse Managers: A Metasynthesis

Evidence-based practice is often not implemented in nursing for reasons relating to leadership. This article aims to cast light on the factors that facilitate nursing evidence implementation perceived by nurse managers in their practical experiences of this implementation. It is a qualitative, narrative metasynthesis of primary studies on nurse managers’ leadership-related facilitation experiences, following the Joanna Briggs Institute meta-aggregative approach and the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARiHS) model. Eleven primary studies were included and three general categories were identified as leadership-related factors facilitating evidence implementation: teamwork (communication between managers and staff nurses), organizational structures (strategic governance), and transformational leadership (influence on evidence application and readiness for change among leaders). Nurse managers act as facilitators of evidence-based practices by transforming contexts to motivate their staff and move toward a shared vision of change. Always providing support as managers and colleagues, sharing their experience in the clinic environment.

Empowerment of Family Economy through the Program for Increasing the Prosperous Income Facilities in Tanah Laut Regency

The development requires directed actions for the improvement and improvement of the quality of human life, guidelines that can provide direction in development strategies as social policies designed for the welfare of the community and the quality of life of the community in order to meet social, economic, health and other public services needs including responsibility in providing services to the poor, providing guarantees to the community so as not tofall into poverty. This study includes descriptive qualitative with the aim of analyzing the implementation of the UPPKS program in family economic empowerment in Tanah Laut Regency, explaining the factors that affect the effectiveness of groups in the program UPPKS in family economic empowerment in Tanah Laut Regency and analyzed the success of the UPPKS program in family economic empowerment in Tanah Laut Regency. Scientific qualitative research methods concoct various information from objects and subjects in social research. From 11 sub-Regency in Tanah Laut Regency, in total, there are 135 villages and sub?Regency. The factors that influence the effectiveness of groups in the UPPKS program in family economic empowerment include (1) human factors, namely the level of member participation, member commitment, and leadership influence. (2) material factors, namely the availability of raw materials, availability of packaging materials, supporting equipment, product quality, and promotional activities. (3) method factors, namely communication, deliberation and consensus, division of tasks, openness, and the existence of standard operating procedures. (4) environmental factors, namely assistance to family planning officers/extension agents, the role of local government, banking / private sector/stakeholders.

Pengaruh Stres Kerja, Motivasi dan Kepemimpinan Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk Unit Lemabang Palembang

This study aims to determine the effect of work stress, motivation and leadership on employee performance at PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. Lemabang Palembang Unit. This study has a population of 33 people. In this study, a sample of 33 people was used as the sample for the instrument trial and the sample for the research analysis data. Sampling in this study using Saturated Sampling technique, namely sampling is done as a whole from the total population. From the results of this study, there is an effect of work stress, motivation and leadership on employee performance at PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. Lemabang Palembang Unit. With a sig F value of 0.000 <α (0.05). Correlation (R) variable job stress, motivation and leadership on employee performance at PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk Lemabang Palembang unit of 0.838 means that it shows a very strong and positive correlation (unidirectional). The coefficient of determination (Rsquare) is 0.702 or 70.2%, which means that the performance variable can be explained or there is an influence with the variables of work stress, motivation and leadership. There is an influence of work stress on performance at PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. Lemabang Palembang Unit. Shown the sig t value is 0.047 <α (0.05). There is an influence of motivation on performance at PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. Lemabang Palembang Unit. Shown the sig t value is 0.024 <α (0.05). There is a leadership influence on employee performance at PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. Lemabang Palembang Unit. Shown the sig t value is 0.047 <α (0.05). Efforts to improve Employee Performance of PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. Lemabang Palembang Unit can be done through efforts to reduce workload in the office, work that requires being able to make important decisions, listening to ideas from fellow employees and leaders should pay attention to the implementation of daily tasks, namely through efforts being loyal to the agency, the quantity of work results so that each job can be handled.