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Design leadership, work values ethic and workplace innovation: an investigation of SMEs in Thailand and Vietnam

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  • Nuttawuth Muenjohn
  • Adela McMurray

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This study established a new three-dimensional model identifying the relationship between design leadership, workplace values ethic (WVE) and workplace innovation. Based on an analysis of 696 usable questionnaires distributed among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand and Vietnam, our results revealed that WVE influences leadership behavior. In addition, design leadership has a significant effect on the four dimensions of workplace innovation, thus confirming an interactionist theory perspective. Furthermore, examining the under-researched Thai and Vietnamese SME context, the findings indicated that the relationship between WVE and workplace innovation is mediated by leadership behavior. In this way, the study extends the design leadership, innovation and values literatures.

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  • Nuttawuth Muenjohn & Adela McMurray, 2017. "Design leadership, work values ethic and workplace innovation: an investigation of SMEs in Thailand and Vietnam," Asia Pacific Business Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(2), pages 192-204, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apbizr:v:23:y:2017:i:2:p:192-204
    DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1281642
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    1. Naveed Ahmad & Miklas Scholz & Muhammad Zulqarnain Arshad & Syed Khuram Ali Jafri & Raja Irfan Sabir & Waris Ali Khan & Heesup Han, 2021. "The Inter-Relation of Corporate Social Responsibility at Employee Level, Servant Leadership, and Innovative Work Behavior in the Time of Crisis from the Healthcare Sector of Pakistan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-16, April.
    2. Suhail Ahmad & Tahar Tayachi & Sahibzada Ghiasul Haq & Wangari Wang’ombe & Fawad Ahmad, 2022. "Entrepreneurial-Specific Characteristics and Access to Finance of SMEs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(16), pages 1-14, August.
    3. Claudia Patricia Maldonado-Erazo & José Álvarez-García & María de la Cruz del Río-Rama & Ronny Correa-Quezada, 2020. "Corporate Social Responsibility and Performance in SMEs: Scientific Coverage," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-26, March.

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