Empirical evidences of owners’ managerial behaviour - the case of small companies

Lobontiu, Gabriela; Banica, M; Ravai-Nagy, Sandor

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/200/1/012032

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“…In entrepreneurial endeavours, autonomy, independence and an aspiration to provide goods and services represent the important drivers. However, with this autonomy and independence, some Nigerian owner-managers exhibit an unwillingness to grow their businesses beyond a certain threshold out of fear of losing managerial control (Hasle et al , 2011; Lobontiu et al , 2017). Apart from this psychological barrier, these businesses, while simply structured organisations, are often complicated by a web of interrelationships between business and family (Powell and Eddleston, 2017).…”

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Owner-manager businesses and youth employee perceptions

Adeosun

Owolabi

2021

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the perspective of youth employees about owner manager businesses. The owner-manager business (a one-man business) is the most common in Lagos. Hence, an inquiry into their management style and how it impacts youth employees within the context of decent work is important to explore.Design/methodology/approachThe study used the convenience sample technique to obtain data from 382 owner-managers and youth employees who work in owner-managed businesses across various sectors. They were administered a questionnaire with carefully structured questions, with an 81% return rate. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) technique was used to identify the prominent parameters, and the hypothesis tested and validated accordingly.FindingsThe study identified three prominent factors that youth consider when working for an owner-manager business, i.e. the workplace factor, geographical factors and employee benefit. Consequently, issues regarding sustainable employment, conducive working conditions, job security and pension are paramount in the youths' view. Many owner-managers do not respect labour laws, and job security is low in owner-managed businesses; hence, they experience high turnover as most youth work in one-man businesses to gain experience.Originality/valueThe owner-manager business is the most predominant in the country and yet is under-researched. Furthermore, the perception of youth employees regarding owner-manager businesses provides a better understanding of performance and expected satisfactory outcome required from youth employees and how they can be met through proper channelling of their energies to the right tasks.

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confidence: 99%