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 Volume 9, Issue 1 (January 2022), Pages: 91-98

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Mediating effect of the organizational culture on the relationship between leadership and operational performance in food processing SMEs

 Author(s): Syed Ali Raza Shah 1, *, Jalal Shah 2, Wazir Muhammad 3, Imdadullah Thaheem 4, Zuhaibuddin Bhutto 2, Ayaz Hussain 3, Shamshad Ali 3, Abdullah Mengal 1

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology, Khuzdar, Pakistan
 2Department of Computer System Engineering, Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology, Khuzdar, Pakistan
 3Department of Electrical Engineering, Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology, Khuzdar, Pakistan
 4Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology, Khuzdar, Pakistan

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8916-245X

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.01.011

 Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to examine the role of leadership on the operational performance of food processing SMEs in Punjab, Pakistan. This study also examines whether the organizational culture plays a mediating role in the relationship between leadership and operational performance. Previous studies explained that visionary leadership and dynamic organizational culture are the key factors for the organization’s success that provide a competitive environment and had an impact on the organization’s performance. The data were collected from 288 food processing SMEs through purposive with snowball sampling techniques. A structured questionnaire was employed for data collection from the Owners/Managers of the food processing SMEs. The Partial Least Square (PLS) approach was used to test the proposed hypothesis. The empirical investigations show that leadership is positively related to organizational culture and operational performance. The study also found a mediating role of organizational culture between leadership and operational performance by adopting the Hayes process of mediation. The findings of the study will help food manufacturers in improving the operational performance of their SMEs. Moreover, by practicing transformational leadership styles, and adopting the quality culture, SMEs can get a competitive advantage. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Food processing, Leadership, Operational performance, Organizational culture, SMEs

 Article History: Received 18 June 2020, Received in revised form 4 October 2021, Accepted 14 November 2021

 Acknowledgment 

This work was supported by the Baluchistan University of Engineering and Technology, Khuzdar.

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Shah SAR, Shah J, and Muhammad W et al. (2022). Mediating effect of the organizational culture on the relationship between leadership and operational performance in food processing SMEs. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(1): 91-98

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