Effects of task conflicts on innovative performance of start-ups of Pakistan : the mediating role of ethical leadership
Pervez, Helen (2021-05-31)
Effects of task conflicts on innovative performance of start-ups of Pakistan : the mediating role of ethical leadership
Pervez, Helen
(31.05.2021)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021061036372
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021061036372
Tiivistelmä
This study examines the effects of task conflicts on innovative performance in start-ups. The start-ups that were studied were in Pakistan. Moreover, the mediating effect of ethical leadership was also studied between the task conflicts and innovative performance. Task conflict is stated as perception of individuals related to task occurring in a group. This task conflict can effect innovative performance of the teams in a positive as well as negative way. Moreover, ethical leadership is considered to have a positive impact according to past literature. However, the influence of task conflict seems to be positive with ethical leadership. Hypothesis was developed according to past literature.
An empirical study was conducted which included 8 start-up companies of Pakistan preferably working in team. These 8 start-ups were selected based on how innovative they were, and they carry all the task in teams. These start-ups were filtered from the other start-ups which fulfilled the requirement of start-ups for this study. An online questionnaire was distributed out of which 205 were accepted to conduct the research. A quantitative research method was followed which involves statistical methods like Cronbach Alpha, one-way ANOVA, descriptive statistics of all the variables and then the regression analysis. The regression analysis involved four steps out of which three were accepted and fulfilled the requirement to run the fourth regression test.
The results showed that there exists a positive yet insignificant effect of task conflict on innovative performance. However, there was positive and insignificant relationship between task conflict and mediating variable, which was ethical leadership. The insignificant effect of task conflict and ethical leadership showed that the mediating variable has no effect on the theoretical model and is considered insignificant for this study. The positive relationship between ethical leadership and innovative performance was also discovered in start-up companies. Though task conflicts showed a positive relationship with innovative performance and ethical leadership, still it is important for the managers to enhance a positive environment while working in teams to help team members to be more innovative.
An empirical study was conducted which included 8 start-up companies of Pakistan preferably working in team. These 8 start-ups were selected based on how innovative they were, and they carry all the task in teams. These start-ups were filtered from the other start-ups which fulfilled the requirement of start-ups for this study. An online questionnaire was distributed out of which 205 were accepted to conduct the research. A quantitative research method was followed which involves statistical methods like Cronbach Alpha, one-way ANOVA, descriptive statistics of all the variables and then the regression analysis. The regression analysis involved four steps out of which three were accepted and fulfilled the requirement to run the fourth regression test.
The results showed that there exists a positive yet insignificant effect of task conflict on innovative performance. However, there was positive and insignificant relationship between task conflict and mediating variable, which was ethical leadership. The insignificant effect of task conflict and ethical leadership showed that the mediating variable has no effect on the theoretical model and is considered insignificant for this study. The positive relationship between ethical leadership and innovative performance was also discovered in start-up companies. Though task conflicts showed a positive relationship with innovative performance and ethical leadership, still it is important for the managers to enhance a positive environment while working in teams to help team members to be more innovative.