PENGARUH ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP TERHADAP KINERJA UMKM MELALUI INNOVATION PROCESS DAN INNOVATION PERFORMANCE PADA UMKM BINAAN DINAS KOPERASI KABUPATEN LAMONGAN

THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP ON MSME PERFORMANCE WITH  THE INNOVATION PROCESS AND INNOVATION PERFORMANCE AS INTERVENING VARIABLE IN MSME GUIDANCE SERVICE OF COOPERATIONS OF LAMONGAN REGENCY

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji dan menganalisis  pengaruh entrepreneurial leadership terhadap kinerja UMKM melalui innovation process dan innovation performance sebagai variabel intervening pada UMKM binaan Dinas Koperasi Kabupaten Lamongan. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif.  Populasi yang digunakan adalah pemilik UMKM binaan Dinas Koperasi Kabupaten Lamongan sebesar 52 pemilik UMKM dan besarnya sampel yang terkumpul adalah 42 responden. Teknik pengambilan sampel  menggunakan two stage cluster sampling. Data dalam penelitian ini dianalisis menggunakan Structural Equation Model Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) dengan perangkat lunak SmartPLS 4.0.

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa  entrepreneurial leadership memiliki pengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja UMKM. Entrepreneurial leadership memiliki pengaruh tidak signifikan terhadap innovation process. Entrepreneurial leadership memiliki pengaruh signifikan terhadap innovation performance. Innovation process memiliki pengaruh tidak signifikan terhadap kinerja UMKM. Innovation performance memiliki pengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja UMKM. Innovation process tidak memediasi hubungan antara entrepreneurial leadership dan kinerja UMKM.   Innovation performance memediasi hubungan antara  entrepreneurial leadership dan kinerja UMKM.

Implikasi dari penelitian ini dapat diterapkan oleh pemilik UMKM binaan Dinas Koperasi Kabupaten Lamongan melalui gaya kepemimpinan entrepreneurial leadership, yakni dengan menerapkan daya inovasi, daya ambil resiko, daya proaktif, daya agresif, dan kemandirian. Tidak hanya itu, penerapan innovation process dan innovation performance juga dapat diimplementasikan, guna meningkatkan kinerja UMKM dan juga sebagai bahan evaluasi oleh Dinas Koperasi Kabupaten Lamongan di bidang kewirausaahaan dan ekonomi kreatif.

Kata Kunci: entrepreneurial leadership, kinerja UMKM, innovation process, innovation performance

This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of entrepreneurial leadership on MSME performance through the innovation process and innovation performance as intervening variables in MSME assisted by the Lamongan District Cooperative Service. This study uses a quantitative approach. The population used was MSME actors assisted by the Lamongan Regency Cooperative Office of 52 MSME actors and the size of the sample collected was 42 respondents. The sampling technique uses two stage cluster sampling. The data in this study were analyzed using the Structural Equation Model Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) with SmartPLS 4.0.9 software.

The results of the study show that entrepreneurial leadership has a significant influence on the performance of MSMEs. Entrepreneurial leadership has no significant effect on the innovation process. Entrepreneurial leadership has a significant influence on innovation performance. The innovation process has no significant effect on MSME performance. Innovation performance has a significant influence on MSME performance. The innovation process does not mediate the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and MSME performance. Innovation performance mediates the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and MSME performance.

The implications of the research can be applied by the owners of MSMEs assisted by the Lamongan Regency Cooperative Office through entrepreneurial leadership styles, namely by applying innovation power, risk-taking power, proactive power, aggressive power, and independence. Not only that, the application of innovation process and innovation performance can also be implemented, in order to improve the performance of MSMEs and also as evaluation material by the Lamongan Regency Cooperative Office in the field of entrepreneurship and creative economy.

Keywords: entrepreneurial leadership, MSME’s  performance, innovation process, innovation performance