Does strategic alignment matter when SMEs adopt entrepreneurial orientation? An empirical examination in Vietnam

Prior studies suggest that differentiating strategy (DS) has an intervening impact on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and performance. However, they only examine the impacts based on each dimension of EO, provide a lack of theory underpinning why this strategy is the mediator, and focus on the manufacturing industry of an emerging market. Addressing these gaps, the purpose of this study draws from the contingency theory in strategic management to examine whether this strategy is the mediator in the context of Vietnam. Partial least square structural equation modeling used to assess the research model with data collected from 142 SMEs operating in Vietnam. The result indicates that DS fully has an intervening effect on the association between EO and SMEs' performance.

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A Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling: Prestige Perception in Tourism

10.31219/osf.io/jeh7d ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Murat Kayak

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation Modeling ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Primary Data ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Destination Brand ◽

The Relationship ◽

Intention To Revisit ◽

Brand Prestige

This study aims to investigate destination brand prestige, and to explore the mediating effects of destination brand worldness between destination brand prestige and intention to revisit. Research is designed to collect primary data from the Taiwanese tourists. Partial least squares structural equation modeling is used to test the effects. The research model is appropriately implemented in Smart PLS 3 and a full mediation has existed through the empirical findings. The study shows how destination brand worldness mediates the relationship between destination brand prestige and intention to revisit.

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The Improvement Model of Existence Effect towards Human Resources

JURNAL ILMU MANAJEMEN DAN BISNIS ◽

10.17509/jimb.v11i1.22025 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 105-117

Author(s):

Arizqi Arizqi

Keyword(s):

Human Resources ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Research Data ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Learning Activities ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Survey Method ◽

The Relationship

Abstrak. Efek eksistensi merupakan eksistensi sumber daya manusia yang muncul dari efek atau sesuatu yang telah dilakukan oleh sebuah aktivitas. Efek eksistensi dalam penelitian ini merupakan eksistensi mahasiswa yang dimunculkan dari kegiatan belajar mengajar dikelas. Begitu pentingnya sebuah efek eksistensi sebagai output kegiatan belajar mengajar, maka penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh responsibility, attractiveness, emphaty, dan juga competency dari seorang pengajar dalam mempengaruhi peningkatan efek eksistensi mahasiswa di Universitas Islam Sultan Agung (UNISSULA) Semarang. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian penjelasan (Explanatory Research) yang berusaha mengetahui hubungan antar variabel penelitian. Penelitian dilakukan dengan metode survey dengan menyebarkan kuesioner kepada 212 mahasiswa dari dari 4 mata kuliah 5 kelas. Analisis data penelitian dilakukan dengan pengujian structural equational modelling (SEM) dan menggunakan pendekatan varians (partial least square), kemudian pengolahan data didukung dengan aplikasi SmartPLS. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa efek eksistensi sumber daya manusia didalam organisasi dapat ditingkatkan melalui peningkatan emphaty dosen terhadap mahasiswa. Kemudian untuk meningkatkan kompetensi seorang dosen dapat ditingkatkan melalui peningkatan attractiveness atau metode pembelajaran yang atraktiv ketika melakukan pembelajaran dikelas. Sementara itu responsibility tidak mampu menjelaskan terhadap efek eksistensi mahasiswa.Kata Kunci : Tanggung jawab, atraktif, empati, kompetensi dan efek eksistensi. Abstract. Existancy Effect is the existence of human resources that arise from the effect or something that has been done by an activity. Existancy Effect in this research is the existence of students arising from teaching and learning activities in class. Once the importance of an Existancy Effect as an output of teaching and learning activities, then this research aims to examine the influence of responsibility, attractiveness, empathy, and also competency in influencing the improvement of existency effect toward human resources (students) at Sultan Agung Islamic University (UNISSULA) Semarang. The type of this research is an explanatory research that seeks to determine the relationship between research variables. This research was conducted through survey method by distributing questionnaires to 212 students from 4 courses in 5 classes. The research data analysis used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and used partial least square. The data processing was supported by SmartPLS application. The results showed that the existence effect of human resources in organizations can be improved through increasing the empathy of lecturers with students, Furthermore, in order to improve the lecturer’s competency, it needs an attractiveness in the learning method. Meanwhile responsibility cannot explain the existance effect of students.Keywords: responsibility, attractiveness, emphaty, competency, existence effect.

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Effect Of Compensation, Environment and Leadership Style On Employee Spirit and Performance Through Motivation

JBMP (Jurnal Bisnis Manajemen dan Perbankan) ◽

10.21070/jbmp.v7i1.1337 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 1-20

Author(s):

Muhammad Yani

Keyword(s):

Work Environment ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Work Motivation ◽

Employee Performance ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Employee Morale ◽

And Performance ◽

The Relationship

This study aims to examine the effect of compensation, environment and leadership style on employee morale and performance through study motivation at PT. EX. This study used a sample of 95 respondents, namely employees of the production section of PT. EX. which is taken using non-probability sampling techniques from the population or production employees. The data analysis technique used the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Partial Least Square (PLS) approach using the Smart PLS version 3.0 software. The results showed that: Compensation and work environment have a positive and significant effect on work motivation, compensation and work environment have a positive and significant effect on morale, work motivation has a positive and significant effect on employee performance and employee morale. Leadership style has no effect on work motivation, employee performance and morale. Compensation and work environment have no effect on employee performance. Compensation has a positive and significant effect on employee performance through work motivation, work environment has a positive and significant effect on employee performance through work motivation, compensation has a positive and significant effect on work motivation through work motivation, the environment has a positive and significant effect on morale through work motivation. In addition, motivation cannot mediate the relationship between leadership style and employee performance, and motivation cannot mediate the relationship between leadership style and morale.

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Institutional Drivers for Managers: A study on Training Adoption and its Impact on Social Enterprises Legitimacy and Performance in Pakistan

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation ◽

10.5296/jebi.v7i1.16606 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Mishal Mufti ◽

Syed Jamal Shah ◽

Peng Xiaobao ◽

Asma Sarwar ◽

Mariya Razzaghian ◽

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Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Training Programs ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Social Enterprises ◽

Least Square ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Institutional Pressures ◽

Senior Managers ◽

Institutional Forces ◽

And Performance

BACKGROUND: Despite wide global attention to training programs in business organizations, research on training programs and their outcomes at the social enterprises in general is very limited. This study aims to explicate the drivers and effects of manager’s training.OBJECTIVE: Based on institutional theory, this research explores the reasons why social enterprises train their managers as well as how the legitimacy and performance improves in response to training.METHODS: Our theoretically derived model is tested using survey data obtained from ninety-nine senior managers of social enterprises in Pakistan. Data was analyzed through Partial Least Square structural equation modeling method (PLS-SEM).RESULTS: The results of analysis support the idea that training of managers is synergistically and interactively driven by institutional forces e.g. normative, mimetic and coercive pressures. These institutional pressures spur social enterprises and induce them to adopt training programs to enhance their external and internal legitimacy and improve their performance.CONCLUSIONS: This research emphasizes the importance of institutional pressures in adopting training programs in social enterprises. In sum, the present study provides important insights for senior managers in social enterprises who seek to foster external and internal legitimacy and improve performance. This study makes important contribution to the literature by developing an empirical link between institutional pressures and social enterprises performance. This research reiterates finding in previous studies to show the significance of the institutional forces in adoption of certain practices e.g. training of managers, to monitor the outcomes of training and providing further explanation regarding effects of training on legitimacy and performance.

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The Relationship between Motivation, Organisational Commitment and Competence with Job Satisfaction and Lecturers Performance

International Journal of Learning and Development ◽

10.5296/ijld.v7i3.11688 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 165

Author(s):

M. Jamal Abdul Nasir ◽

Bambang Budi Wiyono ◽

. Supriyono ◽

Achmad Supriyanto

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Direct Relationship ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Organisational Commitment ◽

Ex Post ◽

Indirect Relationship ◽

The Relationship

The objective of this research is to find out a direct and an indirect relationship between motivation, organisational commitment, and lecturers competence and job satisfaction and lecturers performance. This was non-experimental research using a quantitative approach with ex-post facto designs. Hypotheses of this research aim to prove the relationship between variables. The data were collected by using questionnaire distributed to the randomly-chosen respondents and analyzed using Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) method. The conclusion of the modeling analysis result of these five variables are: (1) lecturers motivation has not a direct relationship with lecturers performance; (2) lecturers commitment has an indirect relationship with lecturers performance; (3) both exogenous variables (lecturers motivation and commitment) need intervening variable (job satisfaction) to be proven to be related to the lecturers performance; and (4) it is only lecturers competence variable having a direct relationship with lecturers performance even though without passing through mediation and lecturers job satisfaction variable.

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Determining the Impact of Supervisory Support on Employee Engagement in the Telecommunication Sector of Ghana: The Role of Supportive Organizational Culture

SEISENSE Business Review ◽

10.33215/sbr.v1i2.588 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 15-31

Author(s):

Leslie Afotey Odai ◽

Jingzhao Yang ◽

Isaac Ahakwa ◽

Shaibu Ismaila Mohammed ◽

Samuel Dartey

Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Employee Engagement ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Supervisory Support ◽

Telecommunication Sector ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Purpose- Organizations that enforce effective supervisory support through their cultural traits see their employees reciprocating through positive outcomes. The study explored the impact of supervisory support on employee engagement in Ghana’s telecommunications sector and the moderating effect of supportive organizational culture on the relationship. Design/Methodology- A correlational descriptive research design was adopted. A sample of three hundred and fifty-three (353) employees was drawn randomly from a top selected telecommunication company in the Accra Metropolis of Ghana. Information collated were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 26) and partial least square based on Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Findings- The findings indicate that supervisory support significantly influences employee engagement. Again it was revealed that supportive organizational culture influences employee engagement and substantially moderates the relationship between supervisory support and employee engagement. Practical Implications- The findings provide valuable suggestions for organizations, managers, and supervisors to emphasize on measures such as a robust feedback system, training of supervisors, and enhancing employees' freedom to operate within the organization, which increases employee engagement and optimizing the organization’s competitive advantage.

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Knowledge Management Process, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Performance in SMEs: Evidence from an Emerging Economy

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13179791 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (17) ◽

pp. 9791

Author(s):

Shiaw Tong Ha ◽

May Chiun Lo ◽

Mohamad Kadim Suaidi ◽

Abang Azlan Mohamad ◽

Zaidi Bin Razak

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Knowledge Application ◽

Knowledge Conversion ◽

Knowledge Protection ◽

And Performance ◽

The Relationship

Knowledge management (KM), a process of acquiring, converting, applying, and protecting knowledge assets, is crucial for value creation. The purpose of this research is to empirically test the relationship between KM processes (knowledge acquisition, knowledge conversion, knowledge application, and knowledge protection), entrepreneurial orientation (EO), and firm performance. Data were collected from 159 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia using a cross-sectional survey. This research uses partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and WarpPLS version 7.0 to test the model. The results show that three of four KM dimensions: knowledge acquisition, knowledge conversion, and knowledge protection are positively related to performance. Moreover, EO has been found to moderate the relationship between knowledge application and performance positively.

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Towards a Cashless Society: The Effects of Perceived Convenience and Security on Gamified Mobile Payment Platform Adoption

Australasian Journal of Information Systems ◽

10.3127/ajis.v25i0.2809 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 25 ◽

Author(s):

P. C. Lai ◽

Ewilly J.Y. Liew

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Mobile Payment ◽

Intention To Use ◽

Final Sample ◽

Dual Strategy ◽

Perceived Security ◽

The Relationship

Integrating gamification into mobile payment platform incentivizes people to use digital alternatives for payment and could spur user-centric, platform-mediated interactions. This study examines the relationship between perceived convenience and perceived security on individual users’ intention to use a gamified mobile payment platform in Malaysia; a developing country envisioned to build a cashless society. The partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique is employed on a final sample of 388 online users. The results show that perceived convenience has a strong but indirect effect on the intention to use. Perceived security has a strong and direct effect on intention to use and mediates the relationship between perceived convenience and intention to use. Furthermore, the reliability aspect of security is a top priority concern for users interested in using mobile payment. The multi-functional aspect of convenience is a top priority concern to attract users who are not interested in using mobile payment at first. The study discusses theoretical and practical implications for developing a dual strategy of ‘ensuring convenience’ and ‘assuring security’ to encourage the gamified mobile payment platform adoption in developing countries.

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The Mediating Role of Satisfaction in the Relationship between Service Quality and Loyalty: Case Study in PT Asuransi XYZ Indonesia.

International Journal of Business Studies ◽

10.32924/ijbs.v4i1.109 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 46-55

Author(s):

Roby Nurismartian ◽

Prof. Ir. Hendra Michael Roy Sembel, MBA., Ph.D., CSA

Keyword(s):

Service Quality ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Significant Variable ◽

Insurance Company ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship

The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship of service quality on agents’ satisfaction, service quality on agents’ loyalty, and satisfaction on loyalty when they used the insurance portal XYZNet as a digital tools provided by PT Asuransi XYZ Indonesia for their agents’ to increase market share in retail business in Indonesia. Where the portal was facing the challenge of the low number of usage. This study used a quantitative approach, involved 100 respondents which have minimum five times using this portal as samples. The analysis technique used in this study is Partial Least Square (PLS) Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), with the help of SmartPLS version 3.2.8 software. The results indicated that service quality positively influenced agents’ satisfaction, satisfaction also positively influenced agents’ loyalty. However service quality did not significantly influenced agents’ loyalty. The finding also indicated that satisfaction was a significant variable that mediated the relationship between service quality and loyalty. The study gives positive impact to the future researchers to do similar study. Furthermore, the finding could help PT Asuransi XYZ Indonesia and insurance company in general to improve their service quality.

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PERAN COMMUNITY ADVICE SEBAGAI PEMODERASI DALAM KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN

Jurnal Manajemen dan Pemasaran Jasa ◽

10.25105/jmpj.v11i1.2496 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 67

Author(s):

Pristiana Widyastuti ◽

Alwani Alwani

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Statistical Tests ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Purchasing Decisions ◽

Quality And Reliability ◽

The Relationship ◽

Positive Effect

This study aims to analyze the influence of rational motives and emotional motives on purchasing decisions with community advice as a moderating variable. This study was conducted on biker as community adviser in Jakarta. The number of samples is 75 data, obtained from the questionaire filled by the respondents. Data analysis uses Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with Partial Least Square (PLS) test equipment. The results of statistical tests revealed that the rational motives and emotional motives have positive effect on purchasing decisions, whereas community advice has no positive effect on purchasing decisions, it is not able to moderate the relationship among variables. Producer and distributors are important to maintain the quality and reliability of products that rationally influence consumers to buy. In addition, efforts to maintain the credibility of the brand are also important to emphasize the consumer’s pride.

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