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Sawaean, F & Ali, K. (2020). The mediation effect of TQM practices on the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and organizational performance of SMEs in Kuwait.Management Science Letters , 10(4), 789-800.
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Almatrooshi, B., Singh, S. K., & Farouk, S. (2016). Determinants of organizational performance: a proposed framework. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 65(6), 844–859.
Anil, A., & Satish K. (2016). Investigating the relationship between TQM practices and Firm’s performance: A conceptual framework for Indian organizations. Procedia Technology, 24, 554 – 561.
Arham, A. F., Boucher, C., & Muenjohn, N. (2013). Leadership and entrepreneurial success: A study of SMEs in Malaysia. World Journal of Social Sciences, 3(5), 117–130.
Arunachalam, S., Zwet, A., & Snailum, N. (2018). TQM Model for Manufacturing SMEs in the Middle East. i-manager’s Journal on Management, 12(4), 32-40.
Bagheri, A. (2017). The impact of entrepreneurial leadership on innovation work behavior and opportunity recognition in high-technology SMEs. Journal of High Technology Management Research, 28(2), 159–166.
Barbosa, F. M., Gambi, L. D. N., & Gerolamo, M. C. (2017). Leadership and quality management–a correlational study between leadership models and quality management principles. Gestão & Produção, 24(3), 438-449.
Birasnav, M. (2014). Relationship between transformational leadership behaviors and manufacturing strategy. Interna-tional Journal of Organizational Analysis, 22(2), 205-223.
Chavan, M. (2009). The balanced scorecard: a new challenge. Journal of Management Development, 28(5), 393-406.
Chen, M.H. (2007). Entrepreneurial leadership and new ventures: Creativity on entrepreneurial teams. Creativity and Innovation Management, 16(3), 239-249.
De Greef, A. (2014). Entrepreneurial leadership and its effect on the social performance of the organisation.
Dedy, A. Zakuan, N. Bahari, A. Ariff, M., & Chin, A. (2016). Identifying critical success Factors for TQM and Employee Performance in Malaysian Automotive Industry: A Literature Review. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.
Deming, W. E. (1986). Out of the Crisis. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dudek, B. (2015). The concept of Total Quality Management and the contemporary entrepreneurship in practice. International OCSCO World Press.
Feng, C.M. & Wang, R.T. (2000). Performance evaluation for airlines including the consideration of financial ratios. Journal of Air Transportation Management, 6(3), 133-142.
Fischer, D., Mauer, R., & Brettel, M. (2018). Regulatory focus theory and sustainable entrepreneurship. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 24(2), 408-428.
Gupta, V., MacMillan, I.C., & Surie, G. (2004). Entrepreneurial leadership: Developing and measuring a cross-cultural construct. Journal of Business Venturing, 19(2), 241-260.
Hair Jr F., Sarstedt, J., Hopkins, M., & Kuppelwieser, V. (2014). Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) An emerging tool in business research. European Business Review, 26(2), 106-121.
Herzallah, A. M., Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, L., & Munoz Rosas, J. F. (2014). Total quality management practices, competitive strategies and financial performance: the case of the Palestinian industrial SMEs. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 25(5–6), 635–649.
Huang, S., Ding, D., & Chen, Z. (2014). Entrepreneurial Leadership and Performance in C hinese New Ventures: A Mod-erated Mediation Model of Exploratory Innovation, Exploitative Innovation and Environmental Dynamism. Creativity and Innovation Management, 23(4), 453-471.
Imran, M., Hamid, S., & Aziz, A. (2018). The influence of TQM on export performance of SMEs: Empirical evidence from manufacturing sector in Pakistan using PLS-SEM. Management Science Letters, 8(5), 483-496.
Iqbal, A., & Asrar-ul-Haq, M. (2017). An empirical investigation on TQM practices and knowledge sharing mediation in software industry. The TQM Journal, 29(5), 725-743.
Jagdale, D., & Bhola, S. S. (2014). Entrepreneurial leadership and organizational performance with reference to rural small scale engineering industry in Pune district. Golden Research Thoughts, 4(12).
Kafetzopoulos, D., Gotzamani, K., & Gkana, V. (2015). Relationship between quality management, innovation and competitiveness. Evidence from Greek companies. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 26(8), 1177–1200.
Kim, M. Y., Park, S. M., & Miao, Q. (2017). Entrepreneurial leadership and organizational innovation: Improving atti-tudes and behaviors of Chinese public employees. In Public Service Innovations in China (pp. 151-184). Palgrave, Sin-gapore.
Koch, E. (2011). Challenges to SME Development in Kuwait. UNDP/Kuwait.
Koryak, O., Mole, K. F., Lockett, A., Hayton, J. C., Ucbasaran, D., & Hodgkinson, G. P. (2015). Entrepreneurial leader-ship, capabilities and firm growth. International Small Business Journal, 33(1), 89-105.
Kozłowski, R. (2010). Entrepreneurial Leadership and Its Influence as an Innovation Catalyst in Modern Manage-ment. Współczesne Zarządzanie, (4), 55-62.
Kumar, V., & Sharma, R.R.K. (2018). Leadership styles and their relationship with TQM focus for Indian firms: An empirical investigation. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 67(6), 1063-1088.
Leitch, C. M., & Volery, T. (2017). Entrepreneurial leadership: Insights and directions. International Small Business Journal, 35(2), 147-156.
Madanat, H. Khasawneh, G. (2017). Impact of Total Quality Management Implementation on Effectiveness of Human Re-source Management in the Jordanian Banking Sector From Employee’s Perspective. Academy of Strategic Manage-ment Journal, 16(1), 114–148.
Maduekwe, C. C., & Kamala, P. (2016). Performance measurement by small and medium enterprises in Cape Metropolis, South Africa. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 14(2), 46-55.
Mahmud, N., & Hilmi, M. F. (2014). TQM and Malaysian SMEs performance: The mediating roles of organization learning. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 130, 216–225.
Mehralian, G., Nazari, J. A., Zarei, L., & Rasekh, H. R. (2016). The effects of corporate social responsibility on organiza-tional performance in the Iranian pharmaceutical industry: The mediating role of TQM. Journal of Cleaner Produc-tion, 135, 689-698.
Mgeni, T. O., & Nayak, P. (2015). Impacts of entrepreneurial leadership style on business performance of female owned SMEs in Dar es salaam, Tanzania. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Management, 4(2).
Mishra, P., & Misra, R. K. (2017). Entrepreneurial Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness: A Comparative Study of Executives and Non-executives. Procedia Computer Science, 122, 71–78.
Moghaddam, J. Y., Khorakian, A., & Maharati, Y. (2015). Organizational entrepreneurship and its impact on the performance of Governmental Organizations in the City of Mashhad. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 169(August 2014), 75–87.
O’Neill, P., Sohal, A., & Teng, C. W. (2016). Quality management approaches and their impact on firms financial performance - An Australian study. International Journal of Production Economics, 171, 381–393.
Olutade, M., Liefooghe, A., & Olakunle, A. O. (2015). Influence of entrepreneurial leadership skills on employees’ moti-vation and job satisfaction: A leader member exchange (LMX) approach. International Journal of Academic Research In Business and Social Sciences, 5(9), 46-69.
Orlitzky, M., Schmidt, F. L., & Rynes, S. L. (2003). Corporate social and financial performance: A meta-analysis. Organization studies, 24(3), 403-441.
Palalic, R. (2017). The phenomenon of entrepreneurial leadership in gazelles and mice: A qualitative study from Bosnia and Herzegovina. World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 13(2–3), 211–236.
Panuwatwanich, K., & Nguyen, T. (2017). Influence of total quality management on performance of Vietnamese construction firms. 7th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management. Procedia Engineering 182, 548 – 555.
Patyal, V. S., & Maddulety, K. (2015). Interrelationship between total quality management and six sigma: A review. Global Business Review, 16(6), 1025–1060.
Qasrawi, B., Almahamid, S., & Qasrawi, S. (2017). The impact of TQM practices and KM processes on organisational performance: An empirical investigation. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 34(7), 1034-1055.
Rahim, H. L., Abidin, Z. Z., Mohtar, S., & Ramli, A. (2015). The effect of entrepreneurial leadership towards organizational performance. International Academic Research Journal of Business and Technology, 1(2), 193–200.
Rea, D. (2017). Developing entrepreneurial leadership: the challenge for sustainable organisations. International Journal of Work Innovation, 2(1).
Renko, M., El Tarabishy, A., Carsrud, A.L., & Brännback, M. (2015). Understanding and measuring entrepreneurial leadership style. Journal of Small Business Management, 53(1), 54-74.
Sahoo, S., & Yadav, S. (2017). Entrepreneurial orientation of SMEs, total quality management and firm performance. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 28(7), 892–912.
Sahoo, S., & Yadav, S. (2018). Total quality management in Indian manufacturing SMEs. Procedia Manufacturing, 21(March), 541–548.
Haroon, U., & Shariff, M. N. M. (2016). The interplay of innovation, TQM practices and SMEs performance in Pakistan: moderating effects of knowledge inertia and external environment. Economics and Law, 9(2), 57-62.
Soliman, A. F. (2018). A proposed model for leadership styles effect on total quality management implementation: an ap-plied study on telecommunication for mobile service companies in Egypt. International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, 24(3), 373-397.
Soto-Acosta, P., Placer-Maruri, E., & Perez-Gonzalez, D. (2016). A case analysis of a product lifecycle information man-agement framework for SMEs. International Journal of Information Management, 36(2), 240-244.
Sule, J. G., Ogbadu, E. E., & Nafiu, A. T. (2017). Factor Analysis of Total Quality Management Adoption By Smes in Nigeria. Facta Universitatis, Series: Economics and Organization, 13, 365.
Tomal, D.R., & Jones, K.J. (2015). A comparison of core competencies of women and men leaders in the manufacturing industry. The Coastal Business Journal, 14(1), 13-25.
Voorhees, C. M., Brady, M. K., Calantone, R., & Ramirez, E. (2016). Discriminant validity testing in marketing: an analy-sis, causes for concern, and proposed remedies. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 44(1), 119-134.
Wheelen, T.L., & Hunger, J.D. (2010). Strategic Management and Business Policy, Pearson, Upper Saddle River.
Yang, Chung-Wen (2008). The relationships among leadership styles, entrepreneurial orientation, and business perfor-mance. Managing Global Transitions, 6(3), 257.
Yang, C. C. (2018). The effectiveness analysis of the practices in five quality management stages for SMEs. Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 0(0), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/14783363.2018.1456010
Yunoh, M. N. M., & Ali, K. A. M. (2015). Total quality management approach for malaysian SMEs: Conceptual frame-work. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 6(1).
Zehir, C., Can, E. & Karaboga, T., (2015). Linking entrepreneurial orientation to firm performance: the role of differentiation strategy and innovation performance. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 210, 358-367.
Ahmed, E. (2018). Organizational Citizenship Behaviors and it Relation with Organizational Performance of Administrative Leaders in Arab Sports Systems.Journal of American Science, 14(1).
Al-Dhaafri, H. S., & Al-Swidi, A. (2016). The impact of total quality management and entrepreneurial orientation on or-ganizational performance. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 33(5), 597-614.
Almatrooshi, B., Singh, S. K., & Farouk, S. (2016). Determinants of organizational performance: a proposed framework. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 65(6), 844–859.
Anil, A., & Satish K. (2016). Investigating the relationship between TQM practices and Firm’s performance: A conceptual framework for Indian organizations. Procedia Technology, 24, 554 – 561.
Arham, A. F., Boucher, C., & Muenjohn, N. (2013). Leadership and entrepreneurial success: A study of SMEs in Malaysia. World Journal of Social Sciences, 3(5), 117–130.
Arunachalam, S., Zwet, A., & Snailum, N. (2018). TQM Model for Manufacturing SMEs in the Middle East. i-manager’s Journal on Management, 12(4), 32-40.
Bagheri, A. (2017). The impact of entrepreneurial leadership on innovation work behavior and opportunity recognition in high-technology SMEs. Journal of High Technology Management Research, 28(2), 159–166.
Barbosa, F. M., Gambi, L. D. N., & Gerolamo, M. C. (2017). Leadership and quality management–a correlational study between leadership models and quality management principles. Gestão & Produção, 24(3), 438-449.
Birasnav, M. (2014). Relationship between transformational leadership behaviors and manufacturing strategy. Interna-tional Journal of Organizational Analysis, 22(2), 205-223.
Chavan, M. (2009). The balanced scorecard: a new challenge. Journal of Management Development, 28(5), 393-406.
Chen, M.H. (2007). Entrepreneurial leadership and new ventures: Creativity on entrepreneurial teams. Creativity and Innovation Management, 16(3), 239-249.
De Greef, A. (2014). Entrepreneurial leadership and its effect on the social performance of the organisation.
Dedy, A. Zakuan, N. Bahari, A. Ariff, M., & Chin, A. (2016). Identifying critical success Factors for TQM and Employee Performance in Malaysian Automotive Industry: A Literature Review. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.
Deming, W. E. (1986). Out of the Crisis. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dudek, B. (2015). The concept of Total Quality Management and the contemporary entrepreneurship in practice. International OCSCO World Press.
Feng, C.M. & Wang, R.T. (2000). Performance evaluation for airlines including the consideration of financial ratios. Journal of Air Transportation Management, 6(3), 133-142.
Fischer, D., Mauer, R., & Brettel, M. (2018). Regulatory focus theory and sustainable entrepreneurship. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 24(2), 408-428.
Gupta, V., MacMillan, I.C., & Surie, G. (2004). Entrepreneurial leadership: Developing and measuring a cross-cultural construct. Journal of Business Venturing, 19(2), 241-260.
Hair Jr F., Sarstedt, J., Hopkins, M., & Kuppelwieser, V. (2014). Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) An emerging tool in business research. European Business Review, 26(2), 106-121.
Herzallah, A. M., Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, L., & Munoz Rosas, J. F. (2014). Total quality management practices, competitive strategies and financial performance: the case of the Palestinian industrial SMEs. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 25(5–6), 635–649.
Huang, S., Ding, D., & Chen, Z. (2014). Entrepreneurial Leadership and Performance in C hinese New Ventures: A Mod-erated Mediation Model of Exploratory Innovation, Exploitative Innovation and Environmental Dynamism. Creativity and Innovation Management, 23(4), 453-471.
Imran, M., Hamid, S., & Aziz, A. (2018). The influence of TQM on export performance of SMEs: Empirical evidence from manufacturing sector in Pakistan using PLS-SEM. Management Science Letters, 8(5), 483-496.
Iqbal, A., & Asrar-ul-Haq, M. (2017). An empirical investigation on TQM practices and knowledge sharing mediation in software industry. The TQM Journal, 29(5), 725-743.
Jagdale, D., & Bhola, S. S. (2014). Entrepreneurial leadership and organizational performance with reference to rural small scale engineering industry in Pune district. Golden Research Thoughts, 4(12).
Kafetzopoulos, D., Gotzamani, K., & Gkana, V. (2015). Relationship between quality management, innovation and competitiveness. Evidence from Greek companies. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 26(8), 1177–1200.
Kim, M. Y., Park, S. M., & Miao, Q. (2017). Entrepreneurial leadership and organizational innovation: Improving atti-tudes and behaviors of Chinese public employees. In Public Service Innovations in China (pp. 151-184). Palgrave, Sin-gapore.
Koch, E. (2011). Challenges to SME Development in Kuwait. UNDP/Kuwait.
Koryak, O., Mole, K. F., Lockett, A., Hayton, J. C., Ucbasaran, D., & Hodgkinson, G. P. (2015). Entrepreneurial leader-ship, capabilities and firm growth. International Small Business Journal, 33(1), 89-105.
Kozłowski, R. (2010). Entrepreneurial Leadership and Its Influence as an Innovation Catalyst in Modern Manage-ment. Współczesne Zarządzanie, (4), 55-62.
Kumar, V., & Sharma, R.R.K. (2018). Leadership styles and their relationship with TQM focus for Indian firms: An empirical investigation. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 67(6), 1063-1088.
Leitch, C. M., & Volery, T. (2017). Entrepreneurial leadership: Insights and directions. International Small Business Journal, 35(2), 147-156.
Madanat, H. Khasawneh, G. (2017). Impact of Total Quality Management Implementation on Effectiveness of Human Re-source Management in the Jordanian Banking Sector From Employee’s Perspective. Academy of Strategic Manage-ment Journal, 16(1), 114–148.
Maduekwe, C. C., & Kamala, P. (2016). Performance measurement by small and medium enterprises in Cape Metropolis, South Africa. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 14(2), 46-55.
Mahmud, N., & Hilmi, M. F. (2014). TQM and Malaysian SMEs performance: The mediating roles of organization learning. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 130, 216–225.
Mehralian, G., Nazari, J. A., Zarei, L., & Rasekh, H. R. (2016). The effects of corporate social responsibility on organiza-tional performance in the Iranian pharmaceutical industry: The mediating role of TQM. Journal of Cleaner Produc-tion, 135, 689-698.
Mgeni, T. O., & Nayak, P. (2015). Impacts of entrepreneurial leadership style on business performance of female owned SMEs in Dar es salaam, Tanzania. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Management, 4(2).
Mishra, P., & Misra, R. K. (2017). Entrepreneurial Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness: A Comparative Study of Executives and Non-executives. Procedia Computer Science, 122, 71–78.
Moghaddam, J. Y., Khorakian, A., & Maharati, Y. (2015). Organizational entrepreneurship and its impact on the performance of Governmental Organizations in the City of Mashhad. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 169(August 2014), 75–87.
O’Neill, P., Sohal, A., & Teng, C. W. (2016). Quality management approaches and their impact on firms financial performance - An Australian study. International Journal of Production Economics, 171, 381–393.
Olutade, M., Liefooghe, A., & Olakunle, A. O. (2015). Influence of entrepreneurial leadership skills on employees’ moti-vation and job satisfaction: A leader member exchange (LMX) approach. International Journal of Academic Research In Business and Social Sciences, 5(9), 46-69.
Orlitzky, M., Schmidt, F. L., & Rynes, S. L. (2003). Corporate social and financial performance: A meta-analysis. Organization studies, 24(3), 403-441.
Palalic, R. (2017). The phenomenon of entrepreneurial leadership in gazelles and mice: A qualitative study from Bosnia and Herzegovina. World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 13(2–3), 211–236.
Panuwatwanich, K., & Nguyen, T. (2017). Influence of total quality management on performance of Vietnamese construction firms. 7th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management. Procedia Engineering 182, 548 – 555.
Patyal, V. S., & Maddulety, K. (2015). Interrelationship between total quality management and six sigma: A review. Global Business Review, 16(6), 1025–1060.
Qasrawi, B., Almahamid, S., & Qasrawi, S. (2017). The impact of TQM practices and KM processes on organisational performance: An empirical investigation. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 34(7), 1034-1055.
Rahim, H. L., Abidin, Z. Z., Mohtar, S., & Ramli, A. (2015). The effect of entrepreneurial leadership towards organizational performance. International Academic Research Journal of Business and Technology, 1(2), 193–200.
Rea, D. (2017). Developing entrepreneurial leadership: the challenge for sustainable organisations. International Journal of Work Innovation, 2(1).
Renko, M., El Tarabishy, A., Carsrud, A.L., & Brännback, M. (2015). Understanding and measuring entrepreneurial leadership style. Journal of Small Business Management, 53(1), 54-74.
Sahoo, S., & Yadav, S. (2017). Entrepreneurial orientation of SMEs, total quality management and firm performance. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 28(7), 892–912.
Sahoo, S., & Yadav, S. (2018). Total quality management in Indian manufacturing SMEs. Procedia Manufacturing, 21(March), 541–548.
Haroon, U., & Shariff, M. N. M. (2016). The interplay of innovation, TQM practices and SMEs performance in Pakistan: moderating effects of knowledge inertia and external environment. Economics and Law, 9(2), 57-62.
Soliman, A. F. (2018). A proposed model for leadership styles effect on total quality management implementation: an ap-plied study on telecommunication for mobile service companies in Egypt. International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, 24(3), 373-397.
Soto-Acosta, P., Placer-Maruri, E., & Perez-Gonzalez, D. (2016). A case analysis of a product lifecycle information man-agement framework for SMEs. International Journal of Information Management, 36(2), 240-244.
Sule, J. G., Ogbadu, E. E., & Nafiu, A. T. (2017). Factor Analysis of Total Quality Management Adoption By Smes in Nigeria. Facta Universitatis, Series: Economics and Organization, 13, 365.
Tomal, D.R., & Jones, K.J. (2015). A comparison of core competencies of women and men leaders in the manufacturing industry. The Coastal Business Journal, 14(1), 13-25.
Voorhees, C. M., Brady, M. K., Calantone, R., & Ramirez, E. (2016). Discriminant validity testing in marketing: an analy-sis, causes for concern, and proposed remedies. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 44(1), 119-134.
Wheelen, T.L., & Hunger, J.D. (2010). Strategic Management and Business Policy, Pearson, Upper Saddle River.
Yang, Chung-Wen (2008). The relationships among leadership styles, entrepreneurial orientation, and business perfor-mance. Managing Global Transitions, 6(3), 257.
Yang, C. C. (2018). The effectiveness analysis of the practices in five quality management stages for SMEs. Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 0(0), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/14783363.2018.1456010
Yunoh, M. N. M., & Ali, K. A. M. (2015). Total quality management approach for malaysian SMEs: Conceptual frame-work. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 6(1).
Zehir, C., Can, E. & Karaboga, T., (2015). Linking entrepreneurial orientation to firm performance: the role of differentiation strategy and innovation performance. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 210, 358-367.