The Impact of Leadership on the Growth of ICT Companies

Mitra Madanchian(1. Department of Arts, Communications and Social Sciences, University Canada West, Vancouver, V6B1V9, Canada 2. Hamta Group, Hamta Business Corporation, Vancouver, V6E0A7, Canada 3. Fairleigh Dickinson University, Vancouver, V6B2P6, Canada)
Hamed Taherdoost(1. Department of Arts, Communications and Social Sciences, University Canada West, Vancouver, V6B1V9, Canada 2. College of Technology and Engineering, Westcliff University, Irvine, 92606, USA)

Abstract

Nowadays, one of the major purposes of any company is to survive in the competitive business markets. This purpose would be achievable through improving and developing growth in most cases. Prior studies suggest that leadership is a vitally important factor in achieving growth in any company. Some researchers studied leadership topics as one of the significant motivations for developing and improving the growth of a company and agreed that understanding the role of leadership and its effect on the growth of the company is influential. In all countries, Information Communication Technology (ICT) companies are recognized as significant growth drivers by leaving considerable impacts on that. According to the literature, growth is a determining factor for the productivity of any company. Based on the literature of the ICTs, weak and insufficient leadership skills are considered as the main factors that cause failure in achieving the planned growth and development of ICT. Consequently, the goal of this study is to clarify how leadership affects the development of ICT enterprises.

Keywords

Leadership; ICT companies; Growth

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26549/jsbe.v6i4.15899