Study of Factors Affecting the Leadership Capacity of CEO in Industrial SMEs in Vietnam

Abstract

The leadership capabilities of management team greatly influence the performance of management activities in an enterprise. Capturing and evaluating the impact of elements influencing leadership ability might help enterprises to formulate policies to optimize the capacity of the management team. The scope of the study in this paper is the survey of SMEs in Vietnam. The research team conducted 141 surveys by executives and managers working as heads of departments within current industrial SMEs in Vietnam. Research has indicated the three influential factors including self-efficacy, environment and personal characteristics, with personal traits making the least impact.

Keywords: Leadership capabilities, CEO, small and medium industry enterprises.