DÖNÜŞÜMCÜ LİDERLİK VE FİRMA PERFORMANSI İLİŞKİSİNDE GİRİŞİMCİLİK EĞİLİMİNİN ROLÜ

Year 2020, Volume: 19 Issue: 37, 353 - 371, 01.06.2020

Birol Baysak , Serdar Bozkurt

Abstract

Değişken ve öngörülemeyen çevresel koşullar işletmelerin hayatta kalabilmesinde girişimciliğin önem ve anlamını vurgulamaktadır. Bu koşullar, işletmelerin bütünlüğünden ve başarısından birinci derecede sorumlu olan ve aynı zamanda firmaların girişimcilik faaliyeti ile alakalı olan liderliği ön plana çıkarmaktadır. Bu çalışma ile de ülkemizde yerli ve milli teknoloji üretiminde önemli rol oynayan teknopark firmalarında dönüşümcü liderlik, firma performansı ve bu ilişkide girişimcilik eğiliminin rolü araştırılmıştır. Girişimcilik eğilimi ve dönüşümcü liderlik içsel soyut kaynaklar olarak ele alınmakta ve kaynak temelli yaklaşım bağlamında tartışılmaktadır. Araştırmanın örneklemini İstanbul, Ankara ve İzmir'deki teknopark firmalarının kurucuları / sahipleri ve üst düzey yöneticileri oluşturmuş, 175 teknopark firması üzerinde kesitsel çalışma yapılmıştır. Sonuçlar dönüşümcü liderliğin firma performansı üzerinde olumlu bir etkiye sahip olduğunu ve girişimcilik eğiliminin dönüşümcü liderlik ile firma performansı arasında tam aracılık etkisi olduğunu göstermiştir.

Keywords

Dönüşümcü Liderlik, Girişimcilik Eğilimi, Firma Performansı, Teknopark, SME

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP, FIRM PERFORMANCE AND THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP ORIENTATION

Abstract

Changeable and unpredictable environmental conditions emphasize the importance and meaning of entrepreneurship in the survival of enterprises. These conditions underline the leadership, which is primarily responsible for the integrity and success of businesses, as well as the entrepreneurial activity of firms. In this context, this study aims to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership, firm performance and the role of entrepreneurship orientation in techno-park firms which play an important role in the production of domestic and national technology in our country. Entrepreneurship orientation and transformational leadership were approached as internal intangible resources and discussed in the context of the resource-based approach. The sample of this study consists of founders/owners and top-level managers of techno-park firms. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 175 technopark firms in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. Results indicate that transformational leadership has a positive effect on organizational performance and entrepreneurial orientation has a full mediating effect between transformational leadership and firm performance.

Keywords

Transformational Leadership, Entrepreneurship Orientation, Firm Performance, Technopark, SME

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