The role of leadership, human resource practices, organizational culture and climate as antecedents of market, learning and entrepreneurial orientation in fast-growth small-to-medium enterprises

The proposed study aims to empirically examine interrelationships between leadership, HRM practices, and organizational climate and culture as antecedents to market, learning, and entrepreneurial orientations. This study extends the qualitative work of Tan (2007), by testing a hypothesised model of concurrent linkages between these factors. Typically, investigations have explored these antecedents or predictors independently rather than examining the simultaneous co-variation between these orientations and their antecedents. Thus, the proposed methodology, sample type, and focus is novel. This project will deliver a framework for understanding the extent to which key factors impact FGSMEs