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Salient attributes for effective leadership in the growth phase of SMEs
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/24632 Salient attributes for effective leadership in the growth phase of SMEs Adonisi, Mandla upetd@up.ac.za Zulu, Sibongile Maria UCTD Leadership Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. A considerable number of small and medium sized businesses in South Africa do not make it past the growth phase of the business life cycle due to failure to adequately address the requirements of this demanding phase. Certain inappropriate leadership behaviours have been known to lead to business failure when not properly addressed. The purpose of this study was to determine the salient attributes required for effective leadership in the growth phase of small and medium-sized businesses. A qualitative research approach was carried out and data was sourced using indepth interviews conducted with ten small and medium sized business owners. The results confirm that in the growth phase of a small and medium-sized business there are several developmental characteristics that require specific leadership intervention. The results also reveal that there is a dominant leadership style and specific follower attributes that are desirable at the growth phase of SMEs which lead to effective leadership. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T18:06:11Z 2010-07-09 2013-09-06T18:06:11Z 2010-04-11 2010-07-09 2010-05-13 Dissertation Zulu, S 2009, Salient attributes for effective leadership in the growth phase of SMEs, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24632 > G10/385/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24632 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05132010-140943/ © 2009 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Leadership Salient attributes for effective leadership in the growth phase of SMEs |
| title | Salient attributes for effective leadership in the growth phase of SMEs |
| title_full | Salient attributes for effective leadership in the growth phase of SMEs |
| title_fullStr | Salient attributes for effective leadership in the growth phase of SMEs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Salient attributes for effective leadership in the growth phase of SMEs |
| title_short | Salient attributes for effective leadership in the growth phase of SMEs |
| title_sort | salient attributes for effective leadership in the growth phase of smes |
| topic | UCTD Leadership |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24632 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05132010-140943/ |