Background: Employees in Small and Medium Enterprises

The gap

Evidence profile

Sourced from the stated research gap and future-work section and future work and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2018 and 2026, spanning 6 journals. Those papers have been cited 115 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 7 representative gaps

• Leadership in public administration amid crisis: a meta-analysis of leadership styles and crisis management related outcomes (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi

  The literature on leadership in public administration remains fragmented, with studies focusing on different leadership styles, crisis contexts, and outcome constructs. There is a need for a more integrated understanding of the relationship between leadership styles and crisis management outcomes in public administration.

  generalstated research gap
  Keywords: literature leadership public administration remains fragmented studies focusing
• Leadership in public administration amid crisis: a meta-analysis of leadership styles and crisis management related outcomes (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi

  Future research should investigate the specific leadership styles and strategies that are most effective in different administrative subfields, administrative continents, crisis types, and hierarchy levels. Future research should explore the mechanisms by which leadership styles influence crisis management outcomes.

  generalfuture-work section
  Keywords: future research investigate specific leadership styles strategies effective
• Adaptive vs Resilient Leadership in Prolonged Crisis: Evidence from JSE Top 40 Organisations (2026) · Journal of Management Perspectives · doi

  suggest that effective highlight the importance of leader leadership in prolonged crises requires resilience in managing workforce capabilities that extend beyond rapid uncertainty and sustaining organisational response toward sustained adaptation and functioning under prolonged disruption. organisational sensemaking. Complementing these findings, Rudolph et al.

  generalfuture workevidence 5/5
  Keywords: leadership prolonged resilience organisational suggest effective highlight importance leader crises requires managing workforce capabilities extend
• Psychological factors influencing decision-making performance in collaborative crisis response: insights from Norwegian emergency services leaders (2026) · DECISION · doi

  There is a need for research on psychological factors influencing leader decision-making performance in collaborative crisis response settings. Prior studies have emphasized the importance of assertive leadership in crisis response situations, but have not fully explored the psychological mechanisms that underpin leaders’ decision-making performance.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: there need research psychological factors influencing leader decision-making
• An Analysis of Preceding Studies on Organizational Resilience Affecting Organizational Performance (2026) · Human Resources Management and Services · doi

  The traditional performance models built primarily on efficiency, standardization, and predictability are no longer sufficient in today's volatile and complex environments. There is a need to understand organizational resilience as a multidimensional organizational capability rather than merely as recovery from adversity.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: traditional performance models built primarily efficiency standardization predictability
• Can a Supportive Workplace Impact Employee Resilience in a High Pressure Performance Environment? An Investigation of the Chinese Banking Industry (2018) · Applied Psychology · cited 115× · doi

  Despite growing research interest in the employee resilience area, there is limited knowledge of the process through which critical social support at workplaces, such as supportive leadership and co‐worker support, affects employees’ ability to cope in challenging situations.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: support despite growing interest employee resilience area there limited knowledge process critical social workplaces supportive
• The Effect of Spiritual Leadership on Work Resilience Proactive Personality and Psychological The Mediating Role of Ownership (2026) · Inkubis Jurnal Ekonomi dan Bisnis · doi

  Background: Employees in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) face dynamic workplace challenges that require high levels of resilience; however, the mechanisms through which leadership influences this capacity remain underexplored, particularly in traditional market settings.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: background employees small medium enterprises smes face dynamic workplace challenges require high levels resilience mechanisms

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