Journal of Commerce and Accounting Research

2015 | Volume 4 | Issue Issue 2

Impacts of Entrepreneurial Leadership Style on Business Performance of Female owned SMEs in Dar es salaam, Tanzania

1. Tresphory Othumary Mgeni

2. Parameswar Nayak

Received
06-Aug-2015 		Accepted
- 		Published
06-Aug-2015
Abstract
This study attempts to determine the relationship between Entrepreneurial Leadership style and business performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) owned or led by female CEOs in Dar es salaam, Tanzania. The research is based on secondary data from One World Action and Financial Sector Development Trust (FSDT) baseline survey databases, covering Kinondoni, Ilala and Temeke municipalities. Data cleaning was conducted using Roy (2010)s seven step methodology and analyzed quantitatively using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and simple regression by SPSS. The findings show that there is a significantly strong positive correlation between Entrepreneurial Leadership style and business performance of SMEs in Dar es salaam, Tanzania.
Keywords Entrepreneurial Leadership Style, Business Performance, Female Owned SMEs
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