Defining the Role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Leadership on Its Affect towards SMEs Entrepreneurial Orientation (The Study of SMEs at PLUT K-UMKM Batu)

Della Ayu Zonna Lia, Raisa Fitri

Abstract


The organizational culture more or less affected on company (SMEs) performance. Decent organizational culture would create a good and conducive work environment, which also autonomously boost the company’s growth and performance. Furthermore, conducive work environment also related with some aspects especially leader figure. The leadership capability and leader’s emotional intelligence would be a key on how employee’s behavior towards company’s growth through their entrepreneurial orientation. SMEs as economic pillar in Indonesia should have high entrepreneurial orientation. For instance in East Java, SMEs take a big part of Batu City’s gross income up to 48% beside of their tourism sector. This condition should be enhanced by increasing SMEs’ entrepreneurial orientation through internal management. This research are focused on how emotional intelligence and leadership capability could affects the entrepreneurial orientation of SMEs in Batu City. By using explanatory quantitative research and case study methods in PLUT K-UMKM Batu City, this study expected to give an insight of emotional intelligence and leadership capability role on entrepreneurial orientation. 

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Emotional Intelligence; Leadership; Entrepreneurial Orientation; SME; Corporate Entrepreneurship

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