Leadership, Crisis Management, and Business Continuity

Moosa Ahmed Jafar Almandoos Alblooshi; Ahmad Martadha Mohamed; Maha  Mohammed Yusr

doi:10.48165/sajssh.2023.4107

Authors

Moosa Ahmed Jafar Almandoos Alblooshi School of Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Ahmad Martadha Mohamed School of Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Maha Mohammed Yusr School of Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/sajssh.2023.4107

Keywords:

leadership, business continuity, crisis management sustainability

Abstract

The objective of the current research was to identify the mediating role of crisis management between leadership and business continuity. Crisis management has always been considered as a responsibility of the leaders of the organizations. Moreover, leaders have to show their true leadership skills during the time of crisis in order to keep things going. For meeting the objectives of the study, the data has been collected from 384 employees working at public sector organizations of UAE. The data has been collected by applying survey techniques and self administered questionnaires were distributed using simple random sampling. The findings from structural equation modelling revealed that leadership has a significant direct impact over business continuity as well as crisis management. this shows that leaders that are efficient in leadership holds the capability to manage the crisis. Moreover, the mediating role of crisis management between leadership and business continuity is also significant.

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