{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4405020397","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-08-2024-0692","title":"Transformational leadership, ESG performance, corporate reputation and competitive advantage: a serial mediation model","display_name":"Transformational leadership, ESG performance, corporate reputation and competitive advantage: a serial mediation model","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-12-04","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4405020397","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-08-2024-0692"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1108/bpmj-08-2024-0692","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-08-2024-0692","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2508752","display_name":"Business Process Management Journal","issn_l":"1463-7154","issn":["1463-7154","1758-4116"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Business Process Management Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069977653","display_name":"Benard Korankye","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2790-7708"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I75059550","display_name":"Zhejiang Gongshang University","ror":"https://ror.org/0569mkk41","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I75059550"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Benard Korankye","raw_affiliation_strings":["Zhejiang Gongshang University , ,"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2790-7708","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zhejiang Gongshang University , ,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I75059550"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102447437","display_name":"Yunhong Hao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6673-980X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I75059550","display_name":"Zhejiang Gongshang University","ror":"https://ror.org/0569mkk41","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I75059550"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yunhong Hao","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Business Administration, Zhejiang Gongshang University , ,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Business Administration, Zhejiang Gongshang University , ,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I75059550"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001577409","display_name":"Prasad Siba Borah","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4154-3373"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I115592961","display_name":"Jiangsu University","ror":"https://ror.org/03jc41j30","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I115592961"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Prasad Siba Borah","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Management, Jiangsu University , ,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Management, Jiangsu University , ,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I115592961"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046006684","display_name":"Leslie Afotey Odai","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3519-5920"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I75059550","display_name":"Zhejiang Gongshang University","ror":"https://ror.org/0569mkk41","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I75059550"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Leslie Afotey Odai","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Business Administration, Zhejiang Gongshang University , ,"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3519-5920","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Business Administration, Zhejiang Gongshang University , ,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I75059550"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5016023428","display_name":"Isaac Ahakwa","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7597-4227"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210089805","display_name":"University of Management and Technology","ror":null,"country_code":"PK","type":null,"lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210089805"]}],"countries":["PK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Isaac Ahakwa","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China , ,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China , ,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210089805"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5069977653"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I75059550"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":9.0372,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":18,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97547713,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"31","issue":"6","first_page":"2182","last_page":"2203"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14356","display_name":"Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies","score":0.9926000237464905,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14356","display_name":"Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies","score":0.9926000237464905,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13803","display_name":"Organizational Strategy and Culture","score":0.991100013256073,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11843","display_name":"Family Business Performance and Succession","score":0.9879999756813049,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transformational-leadership","display_name":"Transformational leadership","score":0.8223885297775269},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/competitive-advantage","display_name":"Competitive advantage","score":0.7060869336128235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mediation","display_name":"Mediation","score":0.7006525993347168},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.6795067191123962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transactional-leadership","display_name":"Transactional leadership","score":0.45384567975997925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.4370558559894562},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reputation","display_name":"Reputation","score":0.4345965087413788},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process-management","display_name":"Process management","score":0.37797579169273376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/industrial-organization","display_name":"Industrial organization","score":0.3611315190792084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-relations","display_name":"Public relations","score":0.34145402908325195},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.3096117377281189},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marketing","display_name":"Marketing","score":0.2699143886566162},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science","display_name":"Political science","score":0.11149224638938904}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38775462","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1569376","display_name":"Transformational leadership","level":2,"score":0.8223885297775269},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58546491","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1150207","display_name":"Competitive advantage","level":2,"score":0.7060869336128235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179420905","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223871","display_name":"Mediation","level":2,"score":0.7006525993347168},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.6795067191123962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68489960","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2370659","display_name":"Transactional leadership","level":2,"score":0.45384567975997925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.4370558559894562},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48798503","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q877546","display_name":"Reputation","level":2,"score":0.4345965087413788},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195094911","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14167904","display_name":"Process management","level":1,"score":0.37797579169273376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411783","display_name":"Industrial organization","level":1,"score":0.3611315190792084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.34145402908325195},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3096117377281189},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.2699143886566162},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.11149224638938904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1108/bpmj-08-2024-0692","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-08-2024-0692","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2508752","display_name":"Business Process Management Journal","issn_l":"1463-7154","issn":["1463-7154","1758-4116"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Business Process Management Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":74,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1985419904","https://openalex.org/W1995463737","https://openalex.org/W2044612270","https://openalex.org/W2053515873","https://openalex.org/W2126186544","https://openalex.org/W2134816404","https://openalex.org/W2155022159","https://openalex.org/W2159915507","https://openalex.org/W2162437324","https://openalex.org/W2163040809","https://openalex.org/W2211074832","https://openalex.org/W2333883579","https://openalex.org/W2419056309","https://openalex.org/W2430563905","https://openalex.org/W2471694869","https://openalex.org/W2565145050","https://openalex.org/W2573583973","https://openalex.org/W2754168111","https://openalex.org/W2769527026","https://openalex.org/W2792682563","https://openalex.org/W2799449427","https://openalex.org/W2905811773","https://openalex.org/W2910344978","https://openalex.org/W2912739288","https://openalex.org/W2946212439","https://openalex.org/W2961535764","https://openalex.org/W2964595868","https://openalex.org/W2979359985","https://openalex.org/W2982543067","https://openalex.org/W2995465457","https://openalex.org/W3006189432","https://openalex.org/W3021568246","https://openalex.org/W3088726745","https://openalex.org/W3110265610","https://openalex.org/W3114674103","https://openalex.org/W3124536214","https://openalex.org/W3133013313","https://openalex.org/W3153638611","https://openalex.org/W3165063649","https://openalex.org/W3196416759","https://openalex.org/W3203648906","https://openalex.org/W3210307795","https://openalex.org/W4200481755","https://openalex.org/W4205313171","https://openalex.org/W4205937988","https://openalex.org/W4206271254","https://openalex.org/W4206808605","https://openalex.org/W4223544134","https://openalex.org/W4224298430","https://openalex.org/W4239236410","https://openalex.org/W4286203088","https://openalex.org/W4293548559","https://openalex.org/W4308864462","https://openalex.org/W4309186574","https://openalex.org/W4361007237","https://openalex.org/W4361012295","https://openalex.org/W4362697910","https://openalex.org/W4367558006","https://openalex.org/W4380871652","https://openalex.org/W4381683821","https://openalex.org/W4381996219","https://openalex.org/W4382198394","https://openalex.org/W4382812705","https://openalex.org/W4383375915","https://openalex.org/W4383681613","https://openalex.org/W4384204708","https://openalex.org/W4385064109","https://openalex.org/W4385782336","https://openalex.org/W4391475057","https://openalex.org/W4391541482","https://openalex.org/W4392517740","https://openalex.org/W4399654612","https://openalex.org/W4400687484","https://openalex.org/W6911216154"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2289556198","https://openalex.org/W2754195681","https://openalex.org/W1538265394","https://openalex.org/W3125753688","https://openalex.org/W1982161778","https://openalex.org/W2810650007","https://openalex.org/W2105004554","https://openalex.org/W3208253579","https://openalex.org/W2394028251","https://openalex.org/W1954804336"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Purpose":[0],"Given":[1],"the":[2,5,38,54,88,157,160,207,222],"competitiveness":[3],"of":[4,40,159,194,224],"business":[6],"environment":[7],"globally,":[8],"environmental,":[9,22],"social":[10,23],"and":[11,24,60,65,76,102,197,212,218],"governance":[12,26],"(ESG),":[13],"which":[14,133,154],"represents":[15],"a":[16,67,137],"sustainable":[17],"development":[18],"framework":[19],"that":[20,116,172,185],"integrates":[21],"corporate":[25,77,131,195,216],"factors,":[27,48],"has":[28],"become":[29],"an":[30],"increasingly":[31],"recognized":[32],"concept":[33],"in":[34,93,110,126,136,152,214],"emerging":[35,225],"markets.":[36,226],"In":[37],"case":[39],"Ghana,":[41,153],"its":[42],"implementation":[43],"is":[44,145],"influenced":[45],"by":[46],"several":[47],"including":[49],"leadership.":[50],"Design/methodology/approach":[51],"Drawing":[52],"on":[53],"resource-based":[55],"view":[56],"theory,":[57,62],"higher-order":[58],"theory":[59],"stakeholder":[61],"we":[63],"developed":[64],"evaluated":[66],"serial":[68],"mediation":[69],"model":[70,91],"to":[71,83,129,147,162,175],"explain":[72],"how":[73],"ESG":[74,121,124,187,210],"performance":[75,211],"reputation":[78,196,217],"can":[79],"connect":[80],"transformational":[81,117,182],"leadership":[82,118,183,213],"enhance":[84],"competitive":[85,139,178,219],"advantage.":[86,140],"Utilizing":[87],"Process":[89],"Macro":[90],"6":[92],"SPSS,":[94],"data":[95],"were":[96],"collected":[97],"from":[98,105],"340":[99],"senior":[100],"managers/executives":[101],"middle-level":[103],"managers":[104],"European":[106,148],"multinational":[107,149],"firms":[108,150],"operating":[109,151],"Ghana.":[111],"Findings":[112],"The":[113,169],"results":[114,135],"indicate":[115],"positively":[119],"affects":[120],"performance.":[122],"Enhanced":[123],"performance,":[125],"turn,":[127],"leads":[128],"improved":[130],"reputation,":[132],"subsequently":[134],"stronger":[138],"Research":[141],"limitations/implications":[142],"This":[143,201],"study":[144,202],"limited":[146],"may":[155],"restrict":[156],"generalizability":[158],"findings":[161,170],"other":[163],"contexts":[164],"or":[165],"regions.":[166],"Practical":[167],"implications":[168],"suggest":[171],"organizations":[173],"aiming":[174],"strengthen":[176],"their":[177],"advantage":[179,220],"should":[180],"prioritize":[181],"practices":[184],"foster":[186],"initiatives,":[188],"as":[189],"these":[190],"are":[191],"critical":[192],"drivers":[193],"market":[198],"positioning.":[199],"Originality/value":[200],"provides":[203],"new":[204],"insights":[205],"into":[206],"interwovenness":[208],"between":[209],"enhancing":[215],"within":[221],"context":[223]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-05-23T08:51:43.019350","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}