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From start-up to scale-up : in search of the relationship between the founder’s decision-making autonomy, leadership style, and the organisational growth

Manten, D.J.F. (2020) From start-up to scale-up : in search of the relationship between the founder’s decision-making autonomy, leadership style, and the organisational growth.

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Abstract:This study researches the relationship between a first time, start-up founder’s strategic decision- making autonomy, leadership style, and the employment growth in an organisation that is making the transition from start-up to scale-up. This study was done with by looking into four cases with the Retrospective Team Events and Affect Mapping approach designed by van Dun and Wijnmaalen (2020). The first propositional stated the decision-making power of an employee relates negatively with the strategic decision-making autonomy of the founder during the transition from start-up to scale-up. The second proposition states that resources, like money, knowledge, and a network, brought to the organisation by the investor relate positively with the employment growth during the transition from start-up to scale-up. This relationship is moderated by the strategic decision-making autonomy of the founder. The third proposition is resources brought to the organisation by the investor relate positively with the employment growth during the transition from start-up to scale-up. This relationship is moderated by the fault line strength between the founder and investor.
Item Type:Essay (Master)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:85 business administration, organizational science
Programme:Business Administration MSc (60644)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/83089
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