THE EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: LITERATURE REVIEW

In a competitive, dynamic, complex and uncertain business environment as it is today, a leadership type is needed that can play an important role for the survival, success, and growth of the organization. This paper aims to review the influence of entrepreneurial leadership on organizational performance in terms of three hierarchies: individuals, groups/teams, and the organization as a whole. According to the findings of the review, entrepreneurial leadership has a major impact on the individual performance of employees and teams, especially in terms of creativity and creative behavior. Moreover, Entrepreneurial leadership has a significant effect on overall organizational performance both in financial and non-financial dimensions.

Export performance of Ghanaian firms in the agricultural, handicraft and manufacturing industries

<p>Studies involving the export performance of firms in emerging economies, particularly in Sub-Saharan African countries, are underrepresented in the existing literature which takes a typically developed country perspective. The objective of this study is to investigate how the interplay between certain internal resources and capabilities and their interaction with the external environment contribute to export performance of internationalising firms in the agricultural, handicraft and manufacturing industries in Ghana. The study contributes specifically to the export performance literature that has featured in international business, international entrepreneurship and international marketing. This research employed the resource-based view as the underpinning theory to examine the internal and external characteristics of the firm to identify what determines export success for firms in these industries. The study applied a mixed method approach using quantitative and qualitative techniques. The data for this study consists of 116 questionnaire survey and 18 semi-structured interviews conducted with key informants in the three industries in Ghana. Quantitative data analysis applied PLS-SEM and content analysis was undertaken to develop interview themes for the qualitative study. The study found that product and place (distribution) were the most adapted export marketing mix strategies (out of the 4Ps that are a fundamental aspect of the marketing literature) for the firms, with promotion and price highlighted as the least adapted strategies. The relationship between international experience, export commitment, export marketing mix strategy (4Ps), and export performance were supported across the models. Export commitment, place, product and foreign market attractiveness emerged as strong antecedents of export performance in the study. Drawing from resource based view of the firm, the study makes three key contribution to the export performance literature. First, it explains how exports market mix strategy transforms the impact of international experience, export commitment and export promotion programs on export performance. Secondly, it establishes moderating effects of foreign market attractiveness on the association between export marketing mix strategy and export performance. Lastly, the study provides enhanced understanding of key determinants of export performance for exporting firms in Ghana. This research responds to the call for advancing theory in Africa. The study further provides recommendations for public policy makers and managers to improve their export development programmes in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa.</p>

Export performance of Ghanaian firms in the agricultural, handicraft and manufacturing industries

<p>Studies involving the export performance of firms in emerging economies, particularly in Sub-Saharan African countries, are underrepresented in the existing literature which takes a typically developed country perspective. The objective of this study is to investigate how the interplay between certain internal resources and capabilities and their interaction with the external environment contribute to export performance of internationalising firms in the agricultural, handicraft and manufacturing industries in Ghana. The study contributes specifically to the export performance literature that has featured in international business, international entrepreneurship and international marketing. This research employed the resource-based view as the underpinning theory to examine the internal and external characteristics of the firm to identify what determines export success for firms in these industries. The study applied a mixed method approach using quantitative and qualitative techniques. The data for this study consists of 116 questionnaire survey and 18 semi-structured interviews conducted with key informants in the three industries in Ghana. Quantitative data analysis applied PLS-SEM and content analysis was undertaken to develop interview themes for the qualitative study. The study found that product and place (distribution) were the most adapted export marketing mix strategies (out of the 4Ps that are a fundamental aspect of the marketing literature) for the firms, with promotion and price highlighted as the least adapted strategies. The relationship between international experience, export commitment, export marketing mix strategy (4Ps), and export performance were supported across the models. Export commitment, place, product and foreign market attractiveness emerged as strong antecedents of export performance in the study. Drawing from resource based view of the firm, the study makes three key contribution to the export performance literature. First, it explains how exports market mix strategy transforms the impact of international experience, export commitment and export promotion programs on export performance. Secondly, it establishes moderating effects of foreign market attractiveness on the association between export marketing mix strategy and export performance. Lastly, the study provides enhanced understanding of key determinants of export performance for exporting firms in Ghana. This research responds to the call for advancing theory in Africa. The study further provides recommendations for public policy makers and managers to improve their export development programmes in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa.</p>

A Research on The Articles Published in The ‘Thenakam’ Tamil Magazine During The Period 1993 – 2017

The “Thenakam” magazine is published from 1993 as an annual magazine by the Manmunai North Divisional Secretariat, which is among the 14 Divisional Secretariats in the Batticaloa District. The research study is carried out based on the contents, analysis perspective and description perspective on the articles published in the“Thenakam” magazine. All these articles are categorized as History, Art, performance, Literature, Folklore, Society, Individual Personality, Education and others. History related articles are categorizedas History of Batticaloa, Ancient Society History of Batticaloa, Historical Icons of Batticaloa, Arts related articles are categorized asBatticaloa’s Unique Traditional Art of “Kooththu”, Drama, Dance, Art, and others are categorized as Arts Aspects Music, Astrology, “Kalikambu”, Building, “Silambu”, “Manthirikam” (Magic), Literature related articles are categorized as Books, Poems, Small Stories, Novels, Magazine, Folklorerelated articles are categorized as Vocal Songs, Stories, Traditional of Batticaloa, Society related articles are categorized as “Burgers”, “Muslims”, “Mukkukar”, “Parayar”, and individual personality related articles of “Master Sivalingam”, “SwamyVipulananthar”, “Rajaparathy”, “D.G.Somasundaram”, “Neelavaanan”, “M.Sivapalan”, “V.Ananthan”, “Supathiran”, “Anthonipillai”, “Thiraviam”, “Tambimuthu” “Pithan” are categorized.

Employee Engagement as An Effort to Improve Work Performance: Literature Review

Employee engagement is a physical and psychological condition related to work cognitively, emotionally, and behavior to achieve the goals of the organization. The purpose of writing this review article is to summarize and discuss employee engagement as an effort factor in improving work performance within the organization. The method used is a literature review, which is a literature review search for both international journals and national journals between 2013 – 2020 as many as 15 journal articles from the results of previous research. The results of the literature review show that employee engagement has an influence on individual work performance so that organizational goals can be achieved.

Islamic Banking Performance: A Bibliometric Review

Islamic banks (IBs) have been criticized as not being genuinely Islamic, and the methods in measuring their performances have been debatable. While the literature on IBs performance has been emerging, such studies precisely assess its recent development remains absent. Therefore, we aim to evaluate the development of scholarly articles that measure IBs&rsquo; performances. We employ bibliometric analysis and sample related articles from the Scopus database. We find that the development of IBs performance literature may be understood by 111 peer-reviewed journal articles, 4 conference papers, 1 book, and 1 book series. We analyze these materials based on publication sources, country and institution affiliation, keywords association, and cluster dendrogram. Our model that quantifies the keywords association and cluster dendrogram provides a novelty in assessing IBs performance literature development. Future studies may replicate our model to cluster and identify the keyword associations from the unstructured data sources.