الدور الوسيط لتمكين العاملين في العلاقة بين التوجه الريادي و الأداء التشغيلي للشركات العائلية البحرينية

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The aim of this study was to test the mediating role of empowering employees on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and operational performance in Bahraini family business companies.

in order to achieve the objectives of the study, previous studies were used to construct the study model, as well as to develop its hypotheses.

the study adopted the descriptive analytical method, whereas the questionnaire had been considered as the main tool for data collection from a non-probability sample.

accordingly, 120 questionnaires were distributed for Bahraini family business companies, while the retrieve rate amounted to (85%).

the data were statistically analyzed using (AMOS v25), and the model reliability was checked through using alpha Cronbach test.

the study most important results showed the existence of a relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and operational performance.

moreover, empowering employees mediates the positive relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and operational performance.

the results were discussed and compared with previous studies; then followed by offering certain proposals for future studies.