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    Negative moderating effect of social intelligence on the relationship between entrepreneurial talent and sustainable performance among technology-based SMEs in Malaysia
    ( 2017-10)
    Dayang Hasliza Muhd Yusuf
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    Mohd Salleh Hj Din
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    This study demonstrates the negative effect of social intelligence on the relationship between entrepreneurial talent and sustainable performance. The entrepreneurial talent refers to the ability to carry out entrepreneurial activities. The negative moderating effect of social intelligence explains the importance of having work experience as a manner to develop necessary skills prior to starting up a new business. This study uses data from 91 entrepreneurs in technology based SMEs in Malaysia and employs structured equation modelling analysis. The results set a boundary condition to the generally presumed relationship between entrepreneurial talent and sustainable performance of SMEs, thereby improving the understanding of how these phenomena are related.
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    The mediating role of adaptability cultural trait approach on transformational leadership style and job satisfaction in the work environment: A study on Malaysian GLCs
    ( 2013-10)
    Arman Hadi Abdul Manaf
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    Mohd. Suberi Ab. Halim
    This study investigates the relationships between transformational leadership style, organizational culture, and attitudinal outcomes of job satisfaction of organizational members. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis is used to investigate the relationships between transformational leadership style, the mediating effect of organizational culture, and level of job satisfaction of organizational members. This study was conducted among corporate members at the mid-managerial levels in selected Government-linked companies (GLCs) under the GLC Transformation Programme (GTP), which are listed in Bursa Malaysia. The results showed that adaptability cultural trait has positively mediated the link between transformational leadership style and job satisfaction of members at their workplace. Traits in the culture practiced in an organization through leadership is the main element to design and to strategize on the way an organization works to deliver tangible and sustainable results in the future.This study contributes to the dynamics of the causative relations between the selected variables,and highlights the important role of transformational leadership and organizational culture in ascertaining the job satisfaction of corporate membersin the Malaysian context.
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