The role of organizational development in understanding leadership to achieve sustainability practices in small to medium enterprises

Abstract

To deepen understanding of situational leadership practices in the small to medium sized enterprise (SME) a qualitative case study is employed to investigate the interventions and uptake of sustainable management practices (SMP) found in previous research. The entrepreneurial organization researched had achieved award-winning status for their leadership in sustainability. Given the need to build understanding an abductive approach focused on “why” and “how” does situational leadership impact organization development. Effective and beneficial characteristics of situational leadership are identified to highlight practical and achievable innovations in the SME context.