The antecedents of leadership development practices in SMEs: The influence of HRM strategy and practice
研究了中小企业中领导力发展实践采用的影响因素，发现人力资源管理战略匹配、人力资源/领导力专业知识和领导力能力缺口均正向影响实践的存在和强度，且业主管理者的态度起中介作用。
This article explores leadership development in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We investigate determinants of the adoption of leadership development practices in established SMEs expecting human resource management (HRM)-strategy fit, human resource (HR)/leadership expertise and the existence of gaps in leadership capability to influence both the presence and intensity of leadership development practices. We found that all three variables positively related to both measures of adoption. The attitudes of owner-managers towards development mediated the HRM-strategy fit–adoption relationship. The theory and practice implications of our findings are evaluated.