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

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  • Daniel Nii Okaijah Welbeck

    (Department of Business Administration, UPSA Accra)

  • Kofi Amponsah-Bediako

    (Human Resource Department, Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), Ghana)

  • Emmanuel Selase Asamoah

    (Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Studies, UPSA Accra)

  • Aba Quayson

    (Department of Business Administration, UPSA Accra)

  • David Mensah Awadzie

    (Accounting and Finance, Wisconsin International University College, Ghana)

Abstract

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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  • Daniel Nii Okaijah Welbeck & Kofi Amponsah-Bediako & Emmanuel Selase Asamoah & Aba Quayson & David Mensah Awadzie, 2025. "Does Thought Leadership Enhance Managerial Performance? Mediating Role of Social-skills and Moderating the Role of Gender," Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Economics, vol. 28(1), pages 14-33.
    • Handle: RePEc:boh:actaub:v:28:y:2025:i:1:p:14-33
    DOI: 10.32725/acta.2025.002
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    Keywords

    Thought leadership; social-skills; gender; managerial performance; SMEs; SmartPLS;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General

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