The Impact of Market Orientation, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Relationship Orientation on the International Performance of SMEs

The relationship between strategic orientation and SME international performance is empirically inadequate, specifically in a developing country. This study focuses on the effect of three dimensions of strategic orientation, namely market orientation, entrepreneurial orientation, and relationship orientation on the international performance of SMEs applying the theory of resource-based view. The study is quantitative and uses the data collected from 296 managers of SMEs operating an international business in Nigeria. The authors revealed that entrepreneurial orientation, relationship orientation have a positive effect on firm international performance. On the other hand, market orientation has no significant impact on a firm international performance. The authors explain the managerial contribution of study findings and provide future research suggestions.

THE WORK CULTURE IN ISLAMIC SCHOOL BASED ON PESANTRENIN LAMPUNG PROVINCE, INDONESIA

This study was aimed to find 1) the concept of work culture in Islamic school based on pesantren, 3) the principle leadership behavior of Islamic school based onpesantren in building thework culture , and3) the effect of principle leadership behavior of Islamic school based onpesantren in building thework culture. The results of this research shows thatfirst, the concept of work culture in islamic school based on pesantren is Transculturation pesantren-value model , second, the principle leadership behavior in building the work culture applied the task orientation, relationship orientation, and spiritual values orientation. Third, the principal leadership behavior in building a work culture in Islamic school based on pesantren has effect and contribute to the affectivecommitment, normative commitment, job satisfaction and lack of turnover intentions, and also the involvement of workingphysically, emotionally, and cognitively.

KOMUNIKASI PENDIDIKAN ANAK DI TENGAH PANDEMI : HOMESCHOOLING SEBAGAI ALTERNATIF PILIHAN ORANG TUA SETELAH SEKOLAH FORMAL

The Covid 19 pandemic has devastated the education system in Indonesia. Children who should enjoy education in formal schools using face-to-face methods, change to distance learning. This raises new problems. To overcome this, it is very necessary to communicate proper education so that children's education can continue as it should. One of the alternative choices for children's education by parents due to the pandemic is homeschooling. homeschooling enthusiasts are soaring amid this pandemic. This paper examines the educational communication that occurred in the implementation of homeschooling in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic. This paper is in the form of descriptive qualitative data collection methods through participatory observation, interviews and documentation study. The findings in this paper are analyzed using Bruner's learning theory, which focuses on how a person influences others so that the learning process occurs within him. Analysis was also carried out with William Schutz's Fundamental Interpersonal Relationship Orientation (FIRO). This theory emphasizes three kinds of human needs, namely the need for inclusion, the need for control and the need for affection. The result of this research is that educational communication occurs effectively considering that between communicators, namely parents as teachers and children as students and communicants know each other very well, so that parents as teachers can choose and use appropriate teaching methods according to the character of their children. and able to reduce distraction. Teaching materials are also tailored to the needs of children. Besides the national curriculum, parents can also add material that is in accordance with the character of the child.

Relationship Orientation, Justice Perception, and Opportunistic Behavior in PPP Projects: An Empirical Study From China

An equal and high-quality partnership between public and private sectors is essential to the sustainable development of public–private partnership (PPP) projects. However, in the special social circumstance in China, the public sector has a strong voice in PPP projects. According to the existing research on PPP project failure, the government's dishonest performance and negative cooperative attitude and the private sector's speculative behavior of concealing information will lead to termination or even failure of project. The attitude and behavior that reflect the relationship orientation of public sector may determine whether the private sector adopts an opportunistic behavior. However, few studies have revealed the mechanism of relationship orientation on opportunism in PPP projects. This paper proposes the connotation of the public sector's relationship orientation and designs a measurement scale from three aspects: emotional relationship orientation, instrumental relationship orientation, and rent-seeking relationship orientation. Based on the data from large construction enterprises, financial institutions and investors, and scholars with practical experience in PPP projects, this paper explores the mechanism of the public sector's relationship orientation on the private sector's justice perception and opportunistic behavior by using the structural equation model (SEM). The results show that the public sector's relationship orientation significantly affects the formation and development of the private sector's justice perception and opportunistic behavior, justice perception plays a mediating role in the process of relationship orientation acting on opportunistic behavior, and the instrumental relationship orientation is more conducive to reducing the opportunistic behavior. The results provide new ideas for changing the public sector's concept and attitude and regulating behavior in PPP projects.

Antecedents of Medical Crowdfunding Information Sharing Behaviors on Social Media: an empirical study (Preprint)

BACKGROUND The extensive use of social media enables crowdfunding information to spread to a wider extent. Therefore, understanding people’s psychological motivation to help others becomes a critical issue. OBJECTIVE We focus on the sharing behaviors of medical crowdfunding initiations on social media and aims to investigate the psychological motivational factors contribute to people’s sharing behaviors. METHODS Based on the theory of interpersonal behavior, a model was developed to examine the factors that influence people’s intention and actual sharing behaviors of medical crowdfunding on social media. The model was tested empirically using lagged data from 363 Chinese participants. RESULTS The results show that altruism (β = 0.11, p < .05), warm glow (β = 0.45, p < .001), relationship orientation (β = 0.12, p < .05), and perceived information credibility (β = 0.21, p < .001) are antecedents of intention to share of medical crowdfunding information. Inter-dependency between altruism and warm glow such that altruism is positively related to warm glow (β = 0.59, p < .001). Intention to share information (β = 0.59, p < .001), habit (β = 0.29, p < .001), and facilitating conditions (β = 0.15, p < .01) positively impact actual sharing behaviors of medical crowdfunding information. Our results also reveal no moderating effects of facilitating conditions (β = 0.08, p > .05) and habits (β = -0.03, p > .05) in the relationship between crowdfunding information sharing intention and actual sharing behavior. CONCLUSIONS This study develops a theoretical model that explains people's intention to share crowdfunding information. Findings have theoretical values for researchers as well as practical values for medical crowdfunding initiator and the platform designer.