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ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND A FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA

GİRİŞİMCİ LİDERLİK VE SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR PERFORMANS: SİSTEMATİK LİTERATÜR İNCELEMESİ VE GELECEK ARAŞTIRMA GÜNDEMİ

Bilgin Sürücü(ÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-3511-8522
Nazan Yelkikalan(ÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-3321-0237
Pages
48–69
Publication Date
2026-06-11
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The findings indicate that the effect of entrepreneurial leadership on sustainable performance is primarily explained through three mechanisms: green innovation processes, organizational capabilities, and social or institutional mechanisms.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Sustainability has increasingly become a prominent research area in business and management literature in recent years.
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Key Findings & Data:There is a growing consensus that the long-term success of organizations cannot be explained solely by financial performance and that environmental and social impacts should also be considered in performance evaluations.
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Conclusion & Impact:The findings indicate that the effect of entrepreneurial leadership on sustainable performance is primarily explained through three mechanisms: green innovation processes, organizational capabilities, and social or institutional mechanisms.
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📍Scope:2020 Verileri
⚙️Variables:Girişimci liderlik · sürdürülebilir performans · sürdürülebilirlik

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Sustainability has increasingly become a prominent research area in business and management literature in recent years. There is a growing consensus that the long-term success of organizations cannot be explained solely by financial performance and that environmental and social impacts should also be considered in performance evaluations. In this context, the role of leadership approaches in achieving sustainable performance has attracted increasing attention from researchers. Entrepreneurial leadership, associated with opportunity recognition, innovation capability, and strategic decision-making under uncertainty, is considered an important managerial approach for creating sustainable value. This study aims to analyze the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and sustainable performance through a systematic and structured literature review and identify the main research themes emerging in the field. Within the scope of this study, 16 academic articles published between 2020 and 2025 in the Business and Management categories of the Web of Science Core Collection database were examined. The findings indicate that the effect of entrepreneurial leadership on sustainable performance is primarily explained through three mechanisms: green innovation processes, organizational capabilities, and social or institutional mechanisms. By examining the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and sustainable performance within an integrated framework, this study reveals dominant research trends in the literature and proposes a conceptual research agenda for future studies.

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Sürdürülebilirlik, son yıllarda işletme yönetimi literatüründe giderek daha fazla önem kazanan bir araştırma alanı haline gelmiştir. İşletmelerin uzun dönemli başarısının yalnızca finansal performansla açıklanamayacağı; çevresel ve sosyal etkilerin de performans değerlendirmesinde dikkate alınması gerektiği yönündeki görüşler giderek güçlenmektedir. Bu bağlamda liderlik yaklaşımlarının sürdürülebilir performans üzerindeki rolü araştırmacıların dikkatini çekmektedir. Özellikle fırsat tanıma, yenilik üretme ve belirsizlik altında stratejik karar alma kapasitesi ile ilişkilendirilen girişimci liderlik, sürdürülebilir değer yaratma süreçlerinde önemli bir yönetim yaklaşımı olarak değerlendirilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, girişimci liderlik ile sürdürülebilir performans arasındaki ilişkiyi sistematik ve yapılandırılmış bir literatür incelemesi yoluyla analiz etmek ve alandaki temel araştırma temalarını ortaya koymaktır. Araştırma kapsamında Web of Science Core Collection veri tabanında 2020–2025 yılları arasında yayımlanan ve işletme ile yönetim kategorisinde yer alan 16 akademik makale incelenmiştir. Analiz sonuçları literatürde girişimci liderliğin sürdürülebilir performans üzerindeki etkisinin üç temel mekanizma aracılığıyla açıklandığını göstermektedir: yeşil inovasyon süreçleri, örgütsel yetenekler ve sosyal/kurumsal mekanizmalar. Çalışma, girişimci liderlik ile sürdürülebilir performans arasındaki ilişkiyi bütüncül bir çerçevede ele alarak literatürdeki araştırma eğilimlerini ortaya koymakta ve gelecekteki çalışmalar için kavramsal bir araştırma gündemi önermektedir.

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Sürücü, B., Yelkikalan, N. (2026). ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND A FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA. Uluslararası İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 12 Sayı: 1, 48–69. https://doi.org/10.29131/uiibd.1933503

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