Leadership Styles and Management Techniques: An Analysis of Malaysian Women Entrepreneurs

Jayanty Kuppusamy, Jaya Ganesan and Sarah Aulia Rosada

Multimedia University (Malacca Campus), Malacca, Malaysia

Copyright © 2010 Jayanty Kuppusamy, Jaya Ganesan and Sarah Aulia Rosada. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License unported 3.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Leaders of organizations need to lead and manage effectively to succeed. Thus, women entrepreneurs who are becoming more prominent in the business arena, have to be good leaders and managers. This study aims to identify the relationship of leadership styles which are charismatic and transformational and management techniques with organizational performance of women entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Questionnaires were sent to women entrepreneurs registered under NAWEM (National Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Malaysia). Correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to test the data. The result showed although both charismatic and transformation leadership and management techniques are utilized by the women entrepreneurs, however, the significant predictor of organizational performance is charismatic leadership. 

Keywords: Charismatic, Transformational, Management Techniques
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