The Mediation Effect of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy in the Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Passion and Leadership Styles*

Abstract

This research aimed to determine the mediating effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy on the relationship between entrepreneurial passion and leadership styles. Two hundred hardware and footwear entrepreneurs from the Las Malvinas Commercial Emporium, Lima, Peru were surveyed. The partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) multivariate statistical technique was applied for data analysis. It was found that there is a complementary mediating effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy in the relationship between entrepreneurial passion and leadership styles. On the other hand, it was concluded that entrepreneurial passion has a positive influence on entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Likewise, there is a positive influence of entrepreneurial self-efficacy on leadership styles, and there is a positive influence of entrepreneurial passion for leadership styles. This research contributed theoretically to the academic literature and provided empirical evidence of the relationship of the proposed variables; it proved a new predictive and explanatory structural model that can now be used in future research worldwide and generated a model of the studied variables that are useful for both academia and the business world.

Citation

Norena-Chavez, D. and Thalassinos, E. (2022), "The Mediation Effect of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy in the Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Passion and Leadership Styles*", Grima, S., Özen, E. and Boz, H. (Ed.) The New Digital Era: Other Emerging Risks and Opportunities (Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis, Vol. 109B), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 99-125. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1569-37592022000109B007