From Theory to Empirics: Self-Protective Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness

This chapter examines the interplay between the attributes of Self-Protective Leadership (SPL) and start-up businesses survival. SPL attributes include self-centeredness, status-consciousness, conflict induction, face-saving, and procedural adherence. The survival of start-up businesses is the dependent variable, with strategic entrepreneurial behaviorstrategic entrepreneurial behavior acting as a moderating variable.