CHAPTER 2

Leadership in SMEs (Entrepreneurial Leadership)

Overview on Entrepreneurial Leadership Literature

Although there is extensive literature on leadership, most studies were conducted by corporations and there are still some unrepresented contexts such as small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) [1]. Leadership study in SMEs (“entrepreneurial leadership”) has garnered much attention since the early 1990s due to an increasing number of entrepreneurs [2]. However, literature on entrepreneurial leadership is fragmented both conceptually and practically [2, 3, 4], because entrepreneurial leadership scholars use different existing theories [2] including leadership theories that have been highlighted to be fragmented, scattered by different ...

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