The impact of entrepreneurial leadership on organisational performance: does innovation management matter?

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of innovation management on the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and organisational performance. The study data was collected through a survey questionnaire from 551 respondents. The SEM technique was used along with CFA and path analysis to test the study hypotheses. In this regard, AMOS has been used in this study to accomplish the key research objectives. It has been found that there is a significant impact of innovativeness and risk-taking on the operational performance, whereas risk-taking and creativity aspects of entrepreneurial leadership are found to have a significant impact on the financial performance of the manufacturing firms in Jordan. On the other hand, it is also determined that technical performance significantly moderates the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and operational performance. Moreover, commercial performance and social performance significantly moderates the association between entrepreneurial leadership and financial performance.