Peran entrepreneur leadership terhadap innovation performance yang dimediasi oleh innovation process

This research is to identify the role of entrepreneurial leadership on innovation performance mediated by the study of the innovation process in start-up companies. The research design is a survey research using a questionnaire as a research instrument. This research was conducted to examine the effect of entrepreneurial leadership on innovation performance mediated by the innovation process, especially in start-up companies located in the East Java region with a total of approximately 119 companies with approximately 20 employees in each company. This study uses a quantitative approach with data collection methods using questionnaires which will be distributed online and processed using Partial Least Square (PLS). The results of the study show that Entrepreneur Leadership has a significant effect on Innovation Performance, and there is also a significant influence on the innovation process. This study also shows that the Innovation Process is a mediating variable between Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation Performance. The conclusion from this study is that Entrepreneur Leadership, Innovation process, and innovation performance have a relationship between the variables based on this study.