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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Subjects:	Business enterprises Business enterprises > Nigeria Small business Islamic ethics Knowledge management Work ethic
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spelling	my-unimap-767342022-11-08T02:57:50Z The effects of organization intangible resources on SMEs performance in Nigeria: the role of Islamic work ethics as a moderator Adi Anuar, Azmin, Dr. 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. Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) Thesis en http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/76734 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/76734/4/license.txt 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/76734/1/Page%201-24.pdf 1d23ec5b68972214612899579fc101fb http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/76734/2/Full%20text.pdf 531c1609a39b95f7ef188b363211be49 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/76734/3/Declaration%20Form.pdf 94e58b9f04e805e9b62c181fd227769e Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) Business enterprises Business enterprises -- Nigeria Small business Islamic ethics Knowledge management Work ethic School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship
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topic	Business enterprises Business enterprises -- Nigeria Small business Islamic ethics Knowledge management Work ethic
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description	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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The effects of organization intangible resources on SMEs performance in Nigeria: the role of Islamic work ethics as a moderator

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