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Leadership, decision making and internal stakeholder engagement

Ahmad, S. Jaseem; O�Regan, Nicholas; Ghobadian, Abby

Authors

S. Jaseem Ahmad

Abby Ghobadian



Abstract

The debate on the relationship between stakeholder engagement, leadership and organisational performance is marked by a dearth of empirical studies testing the various propositions put forward. This paper attempts to address two aspects of this relationship. First, it presents the results from an empirical study designed to establish the impact of internal stakeholder engagement on a range of organisational performance objectives and, second, it attempts to ascertain what specific leadership style, if any, is associated with higher levels of internal stakeholder engagement. Internal stakeholders are defined as those people whose activities are a part of, or influence, the internal value chain of the firm. For the purposes of this study, these were confined to all employees, including those lower levels of management traditionally excluded from the strategic decision-making processes. The study used seven attributes of internal stakeholder engagement and four styles of leadership. The results indicate a strong correlation between a number of internal stakeholder attributes and long-term performance objectives such as innovation and customer retention. © 2005 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Citation

Ahmad, S. J., O’Regan, N., & Ghobadian, A. (2005). Leadership, decision making and internal stakeholder engagement. International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 6(3-4), 345-358. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMDM.2005.006559

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Mar 21, 2005
Publication Date 2005-03
Journal International Journal of Management and Decision Making
Print ISSN 1462-4621
Electronic ISSN 1741-5187
Publisher Inderscience
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 6
Issue 3-4
Pages 345-358
DOI https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMDM.2005.006559
Keywords stakeholder engagement, leadership, organisational performance, decision making, small and medium enterprises, SMEs
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1053982
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJMDM.2005.006559