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Relevance of mutual aid and solidarity in measuring authentic leadership: an analysis based on the perceptions of SME employees in Côte d'Ivoire

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In Côte d'Ivoire, authoritarian leadership handicaps SMEs' ability to innovate and adapt to market demands. As a result, leaders need to come to terms with the authentic style that fosters employee creativity and adaptability. However, the successful emergence of authentic leadership within our SMEs requires contextualized measurement. To this end, we conducted a qualitative and quantitative study involving 314 SME employees from a variety of sectors. Factor analysis and structural modeling revealed that the relationship of mutual aid and solidarity highlighted by our results is a fifth dimension of authentic leadership of cultural origin that deserves to be taken into account in the Ivorian context.

Source: Revue Internationale des Sciences de Gestion

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15458974

Authors: OUFFOUET, Kouassi François, KOUAKOU, Konan Auguste

Institution: Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé

Language: English

Topic: Employee Performance and Leadership

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W6893217931

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