Relationship Between Innovative Leadership, Effectiveness and Competitive Advantage: SMEs in Bangkok
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This research aims to (1) to study the innovative leadership of the small and medium enterprises in Bangkok (2) to study the relationship between innovative leadership, effectiveness and competitive advantage of small and medium enterprises in Bangkok. Samples used in this study consists of Executives of small and medium enterprises, that is, the number of 420 kits. Structural equation analysis (Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
The results of this research found that:
1. the components of innovative leadership consisted of (1) visionary and leading change, (2) creative thinking (3) teamwork and participation (4) ethics and (5) Innovative Organization. Creative thinking has a standardized regression coefficient of 2.21, teamwork and participation with a regression coefficient of 0.94, visionary and leading change with a coefficient of regression of 0.83, ethics with a regression coefficient of 0.74 and innovative organization had a coefficient of 0.72.
2. The relationship between innovative leadership, effectiveness and competitive advantage of small and medium enterprises in Bangkok. The results show that innovative leadership have a positive relationship with effectiveness. Effectiveness with a coefficient of 0.813. Innovative leadership is in the same direction as competitive advantage, with a coefficient of 0.305. Effectiveness is related in the same direction to the competitive advantage, with a coefficient of 0.326 at the significance level.
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