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Does Thought Leadership Enhance Managerial Performance? Mediating Role of Social-skills and Moderating the Role of Gender

Daniel Nii Okaijah Welbeck et al.

Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis2025https://doi.org/10.32725/acta.2025.002article
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This paper investigates the role of thought leadership in enhancing managerial performance with a specific focus on the mediating role of social-skills and the moderating role of gender. This study employs a cross-sectional quantitative approach deploying a questionnaire to collect data from 523 line managers of registered SMEs in Ghana. The findings signal a significant and positive linkage between thought leadership and managerial performance mediated by social-skills. However, gender has no significant moderating effect on this relationship. The study emphasises the need for owner-managers to invest in the acquisition of thought leadership and social-skills to improve the performance and sustainability of their organisations. These results have important implications for managerial training and development in SMEs and provide a basis for future research in this area.

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@article{daniel2025,
  title        = {{Does Thought Leadership Enhance Managerial Performance? Mediating Role of Social-skills and Moderating the Role of Gender}},
  author       = {Daniel Nii Okaijah Welbeck et al.},
  journal      = {Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.32725/acta.2025.002},
}

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