The antecedents of leadership development practices in SMEs: The influence of HRM strategy and practice-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The antecedents of leadership development practices in SMEs: The influence of HRM strategy and practice

Published:2016-07-28 Issue:6 Volume:34 Page:870-890
ISSN:0266-2426
Container-title:International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship
language:en
Short-container-title:International Small Business Journal

Author:

Garavan Thomas,Watson Sandra¹,Carbery Ronan²,O’Brien Fergal³

Affiliation:

1. Edinburgh Napier Business School, UK

2. University College Cork, Ireland

3. University of Limerick, Ireland

Abstract

This article explores leadership development in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We investigate determinants of the adoption of leadership development practices in established SMEs expecting human resource management (HRM)-strategy fit, human resource (HR)/leadership expertise and the existence of gaps in leadership capability to influence both the presence and intensity of leadership development practices. We found that all three variables positively related to both measures of adoption. The attitudes of owner-managers towards development mediated the HRM-strategy fit–adoption relationship. The theory and practice implications of our findings are evaluated.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Business and International Management

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0266242615594215

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