ADELA SHESHI, DONIKA KËRÇINI
Faculty of Economy and Agribusiness; Agricultural University of Tirana
Corresponding author e-mail: adelasheshi@gmail.com
Abstract:
The main issue of the study is the importance of leadership and how it impacts the performance of the business in Albania. Theories suggests that leadership has an important impact on business performance and the relationship depend on sector, size, location and other variables. This study was designed as descriptive and its data gathering method is questionnaire. The questionnaires were addressed to 100 (one-hundred) shareholders of the companies in various industries that are operating in Albania. Since for this topic no study was done before in Albania, these findings of the study will allow us to develop a model of business performance of SMEs and to test the hypotheses proposed. The results show that two out of three leadership styles have positive affect on business performance in Albania. In conclusion, this study will have a positive impact because will bring important contributions such as: determining the role of each attribute (transactional, transformational and participative) towards the performance of SMEs in Albania.
Keywords: leadership, transformational, transactional, participative and performance.