scholarly journals The influence of human resource competency and entrepreneurial characteristics on the performance of small and medium industries

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-160
Author(s):  
Rohman Willian ◽  
Husni Hasbullah ◽  
Fitri Widiastuti ◽  
Dahmiri Dahmiri
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Entrepreneurial Characteristics ◽  
Scale Range ◽  
Good Scale

The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze the influence of human resources competencies and entrepreneurial characteristics on the performance of the small-medium-sized food industry with the intervening variable of competitive advantage. This research is verification in nature, basically wants to test the truth of a hypothesis which is carried out through data collection in the field. The unit of analysis in this research is the food SMIs (Small and Medium Industries) actors in Jambi Province. The data were obtained through distributing questionnaires to 378 SMIs food entrepreneurs. The data analysis used was quantitative analysis using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The analysis results concluded that the respondents' responses to the variables of human resources competence, entrepreneurial characteristics, competitive advantage, and SMIs performance obtained the average number included in the good scale range. The variables of human resources competency, entrepreneurial characteristics, competitive advantage significantly influence the performance of food SMIs in Jambi Province, either partially or simultaneously. Human resources competency and entrepreneurial characteristics variables have a significant indirect effect on SMIs performance through the intervening variable of competitive advantage. The entrepreneurial characteristics variable is the dominant variable affecting the SMIs performance. The research model by adding the competitive advantage variable as an intervening variable resulted in a better effect on the SMIs performance.

Linking supply chain professional's competencies to resilience in a turbulent world

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Idrees Asghar ◽  
Haris Aslam ◽  
Amer Saeed
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Corporate Training ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Supply Chain Disruptions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

PurposeThis research aims to understand how competencies for supply chain professionals are developed and how they can affect the manager's performance, especially the manager's resilience in times of significant supply chain disruptions.Design/methodology/approachA research model was developed based on a comprehensive literature survey in the area of individual competencies grounded in the knowledge-based view of the firm. We tested our research model using a quantitative, survey-based study with a sample of 175 Pakistani supply chain managers. The hypotheses were tested using structural equation modelling (SEM).FindingsThe analysis identified corporate training and knowledge sharing as the main antecedents of supply chain professional's competencies. It also showed that these competencies result in higher performance in the form manager's resilience and job performance.Research limitations/implicationsThis study provides a valuable framework for organisations to focus on skill-developing training and promoting a knowledge-sharing culture among employees to achieve desired performance levels.Originality/valueThis study is unique as no prior research studied such a comprehensive model of antecedents and consequences of supply chain professionals' competencies.

Supply Chain Management Practices, Competitive Advantage and Organizational Performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajwinder Singh ◽  
H.S. Sandhu ◽  
B.A. Metri ◽  
Rajinder Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Inventory Management ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Equation Modelling

Supply chain is the process of continuous flow of products or services from source to the destination. Supply chain management has become an effective tool now a day to survive in this competitive world. Organizations do their best to harvest profits by adopting better supply chain management practices for competitive advantage and organizational performance. In this paper an attempt has been made to understand the relationship among supply chain practices, competitive advantage, and organizational performance using structural equation modelling. This research conceptualizes and develops five secondary dimensions of supply chain practices (Use of technology, SC speed, Customer satisfaction, SC integration, and Inventory management). The research also identifies four primary competitive advantage components (Inventory management, Customer satisfaction, Profitability, and Customer base identification) and six primary organizational performance components (Financial Performance, Market performance, SC competencies, Customer satisfaction, Stakeholder satisfaction, and Innovation and learning). The data for analysis was collected from top 10 non-livestock organized retail players operating in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, New Delhi and, Gurgaon in India. The relationships in the proposed framework were tested using structural equation modelling. The results indicate that Indian retailers know that competitive advantage has high impact on SCP but they have less understanding in matching SCP and competitive advantage with organizational performance.

Examining social capital on mobile SNS: the effect of social support

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mobile Social Networking ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Mobile Sns

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of social support on social capital in mobile social networking sites. Design/methodology/approach Based on the 234 valid responses collected from a survey, structural equation modelling was employed to examine the research model. Findings The results indicated that social support, which includes informational support and emotional support, has a significant effect on social capital that consists of structural, relational and cognitive capital. Originality/value Although previous research has found the effect of social capital on user behaviour, it has seldom identified the determinants of social capital. Thus, how to build and develop social capital remains a question. This research examined the effect of social support on social capital.

When is green a purchase motive? Different answers from different selves

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Martenson
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Consumer Survey ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Purchase Criteria ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide new ways of thinking about what motivates consumers to choose the green alternative, ideas that will be helpful in reducing the unsatisfactory green attitude-behaviour gap. Consumers have many self-aspects. This paper shows why it is necessary to activate consumers’ pragmatic selves if we want to predict purchase behaviour. The pragmatic self is concerned with costs and reference prices. When researchers activate consumers’ idealistic selves, they get idealistic answers which deviate from actual behaviour. The study also distinguishes between green alternatives with desirable green or non-green self-benefits, and green alternatives with other-benefits that are difficult to comprehend. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on a consumer survey and the data is analysed with structural equation modelling. The concept environmental colour is introduced to understand purchase differences between different consumer segments on the market. Findings This study shows that consumers buy benefits, which is why dark brown consumers choose the green alternative when it has a competitive advantage. It also shows that the propensity to choose the green alternative is highest among consumers who in addition see green as a benefit and have the habit of buying other green products. Another result is that the green consumers have higher self-awareness than brown consumers and are very cost conscious. Practical implications Good decisions are based on what consumers actually do, not what they say they would like to do. This paper offers practical help on understanding consumers’ purchase criteria and how to activate their pragmatic selves. Much more could be done to promote the pro-self and pro-social benefits of making sustainable choices. Social implications To get a sustainable world, it is urgent to understand what motivates consumers to pay extra for environmentally friendly alternatives. Originality/value This paper offers new theoretical insights on how researchers can reduce the green gap.

scholarly journals The role of entrepreneurial characteristics in predicting job satisfaction

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rene Van Wyk ◽  
Mandla Adonisi
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Entrepreneurial Characteristics ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

This study investigates the prediction of job satisfaction using the important entrepreneurial characteristics of corporate entrepreneurship (CE), market orientation (MO) and organisational flexibility (F). In this study, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to predict the causal relationship between these entrepreneurial characteristics and job satisfaction (JS) as the outcome variable. It was found that the corporate entrepreneurship factors of work discretion, work improvement and rewards/reinforcement displayed a statistically significant common variance of ≥ 25.00 with extrinsic job satisfaction. The four Structural Equation Models built in this study indicated a reasonable to good fit with the data. Since all the entrepreneurial variables investigated can be controlled by management, it follows that the application of the research findings of this study can go a long way toward improving job satisfaction and possibly organisational performance through innovative entrepreneurial activities.

scholarly journals Modelling turn away intention of information technology professionals in Bangladesh: a partial least squares approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 4973
Author(s):  
Md. Shohel Arman ◽  
Rozina Akter ◽  
Imran Mahmud ◽  
T. Ramayah
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Information Technology Professionals ◽  
Research Model ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Stress Theory ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
And Control ◽  
Least Squares Approach

Despite, Bangladesh produces many IT graduates each year but only one tenth of total graduates contribute in IT development sector. In order to keep the contribution to economy through IT development, it is crucial for IT industry to know the factors that influence turn away of IT graduates. In this paper, building upon role stress theory, we develop a research model to explore the influence of workplace exhaustion and threat of professional obsolescence (TPO). Data were gathered from 185 IT professionals from 15 different IT companies through survey questionnaire. The structural equation modelling technique was used to test the paths. The results suggests that strong influence of TPO on turn-away intentions. Result also suggests significant roles of work overload, family-career conflict and control over career and workplace exhaustion on turn away intention. This paper contributes to the body of work dedicated to helping us better understand the turn away behaviour from the workplace exhaustion and TPO perspectives. From the viewpoint of practice, this research sheds light on some of the challenges that the IT industry might face when making strategy and policy to control turn away from IT profession in Bangladesh

scholarly journals IT– Business Strategic Alignment in Influencing Sustainable Competitive Advantage in Jordan: Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) Approach

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damnithan Al-Majali ◽  
Zulkhairi Md. Dahalin
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Strategic Alignment ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Exogenous Variables ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Leadership Structure

In many review articles or studies, the researchers have encouraged further exploration on the causal links between Information Technology (IT) investments and a firm’s sustainable competitive advantage. The outcomes of empirical studies have been inconclusive, which is to a certain extent due to the omission of IT-business strategic alignment. Indeed, strategic alignment has emerged as one of the most important issues facing business and IT executives all over the world. This paper reports on the empirical investigation of the success factors, which consist of leadership, structure and process, service quality, and values and beliefs, which are representative of the culture gap between IT strategy and business strategy. A questionnaire survey among 200 IT managers was carried out and 172 data sets were collected. This represented a 86% response rate. After a rigorous data screening process including outliers, normality, reliability and validity, 172 data sets were ready for structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was performed to examine the composite reliability, convergent validity and goodness of fit of the individual constructs and measurement models. The revised structural model demonstrates the relationships between all the four exogenous variables and IT-business strategic alignment, and all the four exogenous variables and sustainable competitive advantage. In addition, regarding the revised model there are two mediating effects of strategic alignment in the relationship between leadership, structure and process, service quality, values and beliefs, and sustainable competitive advantage.   Keywords: Strategic alignment, alignment gap, information technology, sustainable competitive advantage.

scholarly journals On the relationship between cognitive ability and field of study

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Mostafa H Deldoost ◽  
Parviz Mohammadzadeh ◽  
Akram Akbari ◽  
Mohammad Taghi Saeedi
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Academic Majors ◽  
Cognitive Reflection Test ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Cognitive Reflection ◽  
Program Selection ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The present study was conducted to investigate the existence of any possible relationship between the cognitive reflection test (CRT), numeracy and academic majors. The statistical population of this study consisted of 117 freshmen studying under the faculties selected from the University of Tabriz. The generalised structural equation modelling technique was employed for data analysis. The research results indicated that CRT and numeracy had positive and significant effects on high school and university program selection. According to the research model and the higher CRT scores of engineering and medicine (two popular majors) than that of other majors, it appears that individuals with higher CRT and numeracy scores are more inclined to get accepted into these programs. Moreover, the relationship between CRT and numeracy was positive and significant, where CRT acted as the cause and numeracy as the effect. However, the reverse need not necessarily be true. Keywords: Cognitive reflection, numeracy skill, academic majors, relationship.

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