The effects of organization intangible resources on SMEs performance in Nigeria: the role of Islamic work ethics as a moderator

Olanrewaju Kareem

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The effects of organization intangible resources on SMEs performance in Nigeria: the role of Islamic work ethics as a moderator

dc.contributor.author	Olanrewaju Kareem
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-17T08:16:30Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-17T08:16:30Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	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.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14170/2209
dc.language.iso	en
dc.subject	Business enterprises
dc.subject	Business enterprises -- Nigeria
dc.subject	Small business
dc.subject	Islamic ethics
dc.subject	Knowledge management
dc.subject	Work ethic
dc.title	The effects of organization intangible resources on SMEs performance in Nigeria: the role of Islamic work ethics as a moderator
dc.type	Resource Types::text::thesis::doctoral thesis
dspace.entity.type	Publication
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