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ROLL NUMBER: 15
MS (Innovation and
CLASS:
Entrepreneurship)
Assignment Title:
(MID PAPER) Entrepreneurial Leadership, Performance and
Sustainability of Construction Enterprises in Pakistan
Introduction:
Business intricacies, combined with accelerated economization, have
pushed businesses to be responsible citizens in achieving sustainability
agendas. Since a significant number of firms have amalgamated their
affirmative commitment to sustainable business practices into corporate
identities, these emerging firms within the Asia-Pacific region have
sufficient scope for improvement,(Amran, Lee, and Devi 2014) especially
in terms of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which appear to
be making an immense contribution to economies across nations(Nyaga
and Bett 2018). Small and micro-enterprises have played a profoundly
positive role in eradicating poverty and generating significant employment
opportunities, especially among emerging economies, both policymakers
and academics have highlighted (Journal 2017)(Rahman 2016).
Small and micro-enterprises, which serve as leaders of indigenous
entrepreneurship and national development, play an important role at all
levels of the global economy by inspiring the building of technical
capacities, spreading innovation and mobilizing resources(Makhanu and
Mukwa 2017). As for Pakistan, which represents an emerging economy,
micro-enterprises accounting for 75 percent of the total number of small
and medium-sized enterprises employ approximately 2 million people
nationally, thus signifying their important role in national growth.
Micro or small companies differ tremendously from larger
conglomerates, as MEs are characterized by one-person operations, poorly
run, likely to being impermanent, perhaps less competitive, often informal,
and undercapitalized (EIJDENBERG and MASUREL 2013) business
enterprises that have economic activities beyond formal institutional
constraints but within informal institutional boundaries. Furthermore, micro-
enterprises fulfill the demand of large social groups by employing low-paid
workers as wage workers, which appears to be widely common in low-
Research Question:
Entrepreneurial leadership plays a significant role in assessing the
viability of business projects. As for small businesses, entrepreneurial
leadership remains important as micro-entrepreneurs cannot develop their
company effectively without showing effective leadership attributes.
Perhaps this may be the reason why the micro-enterprise success theme
has emerged as popular among entrepreneurs and researchers,
particularly for those eager to find a definitive formula for successful micro-
enterprise.
There are two unanswered Questions which are:
(1) “What are the fundamental attributes of that influence firm
efficiency, especially in the Construction Enterprises context?”
(2) “How do those attributes apply to the Construction Enterprises
efficiency and sustainability aspects?”
With rising moral attitudes and ventures in entrepreneurship, it's wise
to look for features that shape successful entrepreneurs. For example, the
term as relatively new and an increasing field of interest requiring deeper
penetration of information within the framework of the characteristic of
entrepreneurial leadership. Meanwhile, it has been estimated that micro-
enterprises are struggling with several limitations in terms of personal
characteristics and skills among owners that impede their growth, survival
and sustainability. Extremely low principal skills typically one of the major
reasons for micro and small businesses to face barriers at accessing formal
markets.
Objective:
The objective is to identifying the most significant dimensions that reflect
entrepreneurial leadership, a list of essential attributes, including vision,
opportunity-focused, influencing, planning, motivating, creativity,
achievement-oriented, flexibility, persistence, patience, risk-taking, high
ambiguity tolerance, tenacity, power-oriented, self-confidence, proactive
Literature Review:
Entrepreneurial Leadership:
Entrepreneurial leadership is parked at the intersection of leadership
and entrepreneurship (Renko et al. 2015) wherein leadership translates the
process of influencing (Yukl 2008) whereas entrepreneurship reflects both
the entrepreneur and the intersection of an entrepreneur with his or her
surrounding opportunities (Renko et al. 2015).
In reviewing the relevant literature with the objective of identifying the
most significant dimensions that reflect entrepreneurial leadership, a list of
essential attributes, including vision, opportunity-focused, influencing,
planning, motivating, creativity, achievement-oriented, flexibility,
persistence, patience, risk-taking, high ambiguity tolerance, tenacity, power
oriented, self-confidence, proactive behaviour, and internal locus of control
(Yukl 2008) has been unraveled where the concepts of entrepreneurship
and leadership converge and internal locus of control (Becherer,
Mendenhall, and Eickhoff 2008) , has been unraveled where the concepts
of entrepreneurship and leadership converge.
Responsibility and Micro-Enterprise Performance:
Responsibility is reflective of habits that reinforce the capacity of a
leader to organize and thereby expedite cooperative efforts generated by
alertness and intelligence towards the motives and needs of others and
followed by insight into situations (Becherer et al. 2008) .Meanwhile, the
performance of a micro-enterprise as a multidimensional construct that
blankets the operational and financial outcomes of a firm (Venkatraman
and Ramanujam 1986) depicts the personality of the owners (Burnard and
Bhamra 2011).
Moreover, the RBV upholds that specific traits of business managers
from the stance of valuable knowledge, skills, beliefs, and capabilities can
accelerate the performance of an organization (Barney 1991). Thus, the
concept of responsibility viewed as an individual-specific ability may serve
as a valuable and unique capability in channeling firms towards superior
performance.
Theoretical Framework:
Research Methodology:
This study employed a cross-sectional research design and gathered
quantitative data from online google forms because of the limitation due to
Covid-19 held in an attempt to measure the impacts of responsibility,
accountability, analytical thinking, and emotional intelligence on the
performance and sustainability of micro-enterprises in Multan, Pakistan.
The study population is comprised of micro-entrepreneurs from low-income
households in Multan, Pakistan. I belong to construction industry so know
many low-income households in Multan, Pakistan
Sample Size:
Due to Covid-19 we are not able to collect large number of data so
we able to collect 103 responses from micro-entrepreneurs residing in
Multan Pakistan.
Data Analysis Method:
Structural equation modelling via partial least squares (PLS-SEM)
refers to a causal modelling approach that maximizes the explained
variance of the dependent latent constructs (Hair, Ringle, and Sarstedt
2011). Moreover, due to the exploratory nature of this study and the non-
normality issue, this study employed a PLS-SEM estimation with the
primary objective of maximizing the explanation of variance among the
dependent constructs embedded in the structural equation model. The
results of this analysis are reported as recommended by (Hair, Ringle, and
Sarstedt 2013) for PLS modelling, which are inclusive of indicator reliability,
internal consistency reliability, convergent validity, discriminant validity,
Average Variance Extracted (AVE), effect size, path coefficient estimates,
and predictive relevance.
Hypothesis:
Hypothesis 1 (H1). Responsibility has a significantly positive impact on
firm performance among micro-enterprises.
Hypothesis 2 (H2). Responsibility has a significantly positive impact on
sustainability among micro-enterprises.
Hypothesis 3 (H3). Accountability has a significantly positive impact on
firm performance among micro-enterprises.
Hypothesis 4 (H4). Accountability has a significantly positive impact on
sustainability among micro-enterprises.
Hypothesis 5 (H5). Analytical thinking has a significantly positive impact
on firm performance among micro-enterprises.
Hypothesis 6 (H6). Analytical thinking has a significantly positive impact
on sustainability among micro-enterprises.
Indicator Reliability:
Reflective indicator loadings >0.5 shows item is a good measurement
of the latent construct Achieved in Table I.
Cronbach’s Alpha’ evaluate the reliability of the items in terms of
unidimensionality of a set of scale items. It’s a measure of the extent to
which all the variables in your scale are positively related to each other.
α>0.7 Achieved in Table I.
Convergent Reliability:
Convergent Reliability: Assessed using Average Variance Extracted (AVG)
comparable to proportion of variance explained in factor analysis (Value
between 0 and 1). AVG>0.5 Achieved in Table I.
Internal Consistency: Internal Consistency assessed using Dhillon-
Goldstein Rho (or also known as the composite reliability (CR), ρ);
measures the reliability of the indicators where values are between 0 and 1.
CR>0.7 adequate Consistency Achieved in Table I. and also Figure 2.
We can remember this as:
Cronbach’s Alpha > 0.7 (See Table I. and also Figure 2)
Loadings > 0.5 (See Table I)
AVG > 0.5 (See Table I)
CR > 0.7 (See Table I)
Finding:
Sustainability, organisational expansion and survival aspects of
SMEs are highly dependent on the skill sets of their directors. As such,
many critical effects of entrepreneurial leadership (i.e., transparency,
accountability, analytical thinking, and emotional intelligence) on enterprise
efficiency and sustainability among micro-enterprises were empirically
investigated in this study. The results of the study showed that the element
of accountability practiced by heads of households with low incomes has a
substantial positive impact on their company performance.
The study also found a substantially positive impact on their micro-
enterprise success and sustainability of transparency among low-income
household heads. Therefore indicating that accountability is a crucial
determinant that promotes not only the performance but also the
sustainability of every firm.
As for critical thought, this study found a major positive impact on the
survival of micro-enterprises operated by low-income household leaders.
The findings indicate a dramatically positive impact on micro-
enterprise success in terms of emotional intelligence. Supporting emotional
intelligence among low-income entrepreneurs thus helps them to achieve