The effects of organization intangible resources on SMEs performance in Nigeria: the role of Islamic work ethics as a moderator
Drawing upon the Resource Based Theory, this study examined the role of Islamic work ethics in moderating the effects of organization intangible resources (i. e. knowledge management, market orientation, organizational culture and entrepreneurial orientation) on SMEs performance in Nigeria. A tot...
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| Summary: | Drawing upon the Resource Based Theory, this study examined the role of Islamic work
ethics in moderating the effects of organization intangible resources (i. e. knowledge
management, market orientation, organizational culture and entrepreneurial orientation)
on SMEs performance in Nigeria. A total of 531 managers of SMEs in six states, with
each state representing one of the six geo-political zones in Nigeria participated in the
study. A usable data of 320 resulting to 60.3% response rate was finally used for the
analysis and Smart-PLS SEM (Partial Least Squares and the Structural Equation
Modeling) techniques were used to test the hypothesized relationships. The findings
supported all the hypothesized direct relationships to SMEs performance. Precisely,
knowledge management, market orientation, organizational culture and entrepreneurial
orientation were found to have significant positive relationship with SMEs performance.
Furthermore, the findings supported two out of the four hypothesized interaction effects.
Islamic work ethics was found to have significant effect on the relationships between
knowledge management and SMEs performance as well as organizational culture and
SMEs performance. However, Islamic work ethics did not moderate the relationships
between market orientation and SMEs performance, and entrepreneurial orientation and
SMEs performance. Overall, the study concluded that effective and efficient
implementation and utilization of organization intangible resources with the adoption of
Islamic work ethics practice will result to the enhancement of the performance of SMEs.
Finally. key benefits for practitioners and academia was finally discussed under the
theoretical and practical contributions, while necessary suggestions for future research
were recommended. |
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