López Lemus, Jorge ArmandoDe la Garza Carranza, María TeresaBarra, Quetzalli AtlatencoRamírez Guerrero, Maricela2021-04-142021-04-142020Revista Lasallista de Investigación–Vol. 17 No 2 – 20201794-4449http://hdl.handle.net/10567/3006At present, the leadership, culture and organizational climate exercised by informal groups represent some of the key factors in the business performance of MSMEs because it strengthens the increase in productivity in a highly competitive market. Objective: the purpose of the research is to identify the joint influence of transformational leadership, clan culture and organizational climate presented by informal work groups on the business performance of MSMEs in the Bajio region of the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. Materials and methods:the methodological design was quantitative, explanatory, observational and transversal. A sample of 225 participants was used. For hypothesis testing, a structural equation model (SEM) was developed. Regarding the goodness and fit indices of the SEM (χ2 = 146.10 gl = 52; CFI = 0.969 and TLI = 0.960; RMSEA = 0.06) they were absolutely acceptable. Results:according to the results obtained through the SEM, it is shown that transformational leadership positively and significantly influences the organizational climate (β1 = 0.26; p <0.001) as well as clan culture (β2 = 0.81; p <0.001) of informal groups. Likewise, the clan culture of informal groups influences (β3 = 0.61; p <0.001) positively and significantly on the organizational climate. Finally, the organizational climate of informal groups has a positive and significant influence (β4 = 0.68; p <0.001) on the business performance of MSMEs. Conclusions: informal groups represent a resource that promotes the success of MSMEs and with it, potentiates the performance of the business sector of MSMEs in the state of Guanajuato.esAcceso abiertoCorporación Universitaria LasallistaLiderazgoCultura organizacionalRendimiento industrialEmpresasinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAcces