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

Daniel Nii Okaijah Welbeck, Kofi Amponsah-Bediako, Emmanuel Selase Asamoah, Aba Quayson and David Mensah Awadzie
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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

Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis, 2025, vol. 28, issue 1, 14-33

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.

Keywords: Thought leadership; social-skills; gender; managerial performance; SMEs; SmartPLS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 I21 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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