The impact of SMEs on Kuwait's economic sustainable economic growth: what do Pearson correlation coefficients confirm

Abdulsalam, Fayez A.; Zainal, Mohammad

doi:10.1504/wremsd.2022.10046821

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“…The relationship between entrepreneurial profile dimensions and entrepreneurial career development (ECD) amongst youth community is not researched in Kuwait so far (Ramadani et al, 2021). There are very few studies about entrepreneurship in general in Kuwait (Abdulsalam and Zainal, 2021;Dana et al, 2021;Welsh and Raven, 2006;Zainal, 2020) and this research would be an additional value and contribution in this field for a particular context. It is the first effort to measure the impact of entrepreneurial profile dimensions on the career development in Kuwait, and this research will be a good base for similar studies in other Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCC) and beyond.…”

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Enterprising profile and career development of Kuwaitiyouth community

Zainal

2021

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure the impact of entrepreneurial profile dimensions on the career development of the youth community in Kuwait. Further, this study aims to measure the moderating effect of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial profile dimensions and entrepreneurial career development (ECD) relationship. Design/methodology/approach The study will use a quantitative research methodology. This study is focussed on measuring the impact of these eight entrepreneurial profiles, namely, self-efficacity; opportunity detector abilities; creativity; persistence; risk-taking propensity; sociability; planning abilities and leadership skills as independent variables on the ECD as a dependent variable. Entrepreneurship education is considered as moderating variable. A structured questionnaire is distributed to 200 students who study at the College of Business Administration, Kuwait University (KU), where 170 students responded positively and the response rate was 85%. The evaluation of the proposed model was done through structural equation modelling analysis. Findings The results will show how these dimensions impact the decision on the ECD. Research limitations/implications This research is conducted only in one college of KU and the findings cannot be used to generalise the impact of these dimensions on the career development of all young people of Kuwait. Originality/value There are very few studies about entrepreneurship in general in Kuwait and this research will be an additional value and contribution in this field for a particular context. It is the first effort to measure the impact of entrepreneurial profile dimensions on career development in Kuwait, and this research will be a good base for similar studies in other Gulf Cooperation Council Countries and beyond.

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Zainal

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“…The manufacturing industry has been considered the engine of the economy's growth and it plays a vital role in sustaining the development of any country locally and globally [1]. The ability of any manufacturing firm to succeed or fail depends on an employee behavior at work.…”

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Predicting the Impact of Managerial Competencies on the Behavioral Outcomes of Employees in the Selected Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria

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The effective utilization of a company’s precious human resources is critical to its success. Organizations are increasingly relying on management competencies to ensure the optimal utilization of their human resources. However, due to a plethora of problems, businesses, particularly industrial firms, are behind in realizing the benefits of managerial competencies. To address the inadequacies mentioned above, the current study explored the influence of management abilities on employee behavioral outcomes in selected Nigerian manufacturing enterprises. The notion of diffusion of innovation was used to explain the unavoidability of management competencies. Managers and supervisors from selected Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) in Nigeria formed the target population. More specifically, the purposive sampling technique was used to pick participants for this study. Copies of the questionnaire were distributed to a varied cross-section of managers and supervisors to collect data. The data gathered were analyzed using structural equation modelling. Global awareness, communication, self-management, and strategic action competency were discovered to be predictors of employees’ behavioral outcomes. The study discovered recurring barriers that prevent managers from learning and developing, such as a lack of leadership drive, awareness, little or no performance feedback, insufficient cost-benefit analysis, insufficient budgets, and resource allocation, ineffective communication, a lack of specificity of competencies, and a rigid bureaucratic structure. According to the findings, individual managers should take greater responsibility for their learning, superiors should play a more prominent role in management development, and senior leaders should implement processes to strengthen managing competencies. As businesses and society advance, people at all levels should learn and adapt to function in changing situations. Performance will suffer if this learning and alignment are not implemented. It is plausible to argue that the same factors that promote organizational transformation impede managerial competencies.

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The impact of SMEs on Kuwait's economic sustainable economic growth: what do Pearson correlation coefficients confirm

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Enterprising profile and career development of Kuwaitiyouth community

Enterprising profile and career development of Kuwaitiyouth community

Predicting the Impact of Managerial Competencies on the Behavioral Outcomes of Employees in the Selected Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria

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