The effect of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions on takaful agency’s business performance in Malaysia
This study aimed to examine the relationship among the five dimensions of entrepreneurial orientations (innovativeness, risk taking, autonomy, competitive aggressiveness, and proactiveness) and performance of Takaful agencies in Malaysia. A total of 211 questionnaires were collected via purposive...
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| author | Muhamad Azrin Nazri, Kalsom Abd. Wahab, Nor Asiah Omar, |
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| description | This study aimed to examine the relationship among the five dimensions of entrepreneurial
orientations (innovativeness, risk taking, autonomy, competitive aggressiveness, and
proactiveness) and performance of Takaful agencies in Malaysia. A total of 211 questionnaires
were collected via purposive sampling from Takaful agency’s managers from three main Takaful
operators namely Etiqa, Takaful Malaysia and Takaful Ikhlas. A structural equation model that
assessed the relationship between the proposed variables was tested using PLS 2.0. The findings
revealed that of the five dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation, proactiveness and autonomy
were found to have significant influence on business performance |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:96102016-12-14T06:50:26Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9610/ The effect of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions on takaful agency’s business performance in Malaysia Muhamad Azrin Nazri, Kalsom Abd. Wahab, Nor Asiah Omar, This study aimed to examine the relationship among the five dimensions of entrepreneurial orientations (innovativeness, risk taking, autonomy, competitive aggressiveness, and proactiveness) and performance of Takaful agencies in Malaysia. A total of 211 questionnaires were collected via purposive sampling from Takaful agency’s managers from three main Takaful operators namely Etiqa, Takaful Malaysia and Takaful Ikhlas. A structural equation model that assessed the relationship between the proposed variables was tested using PLS 2.0. The findings revealed that of the five dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation, proactiveness and autonomy were found to have significant influence on business performance Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9610/1/12182-33195-1-SM_%281%29.pdf Muhamad Azrin Nazri, and Kalsom Abd. Wahab, and Nor Asiah Omar, (2015) The effect of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions on takaful agency’s business performance in Malaysia. Jurnal Pengurusan, 45 . pp. 1-20. ISSN 0127-2713 http://ejournals.ukm.my/pengurusan/issue/view/749 |
| spellingShingle | Muhamad Azrin Nazri, Kalsom Abd. Wahab, Nor Asiah Omar, The effect of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions on takaful agency’s business performance in Malaysia |
| title | The effect of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions on takaful agency’s
business performance in Malaysia |
| title_full | The effect of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions on takaful agency’s
business performance in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | The effect of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions on takaful agency’s
business performance in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions on takaful agency’s
business performance in Malaysia |
| title_short | The effect of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions on takaful agency’s
business performance in Malaysia |
| title_sort | effect of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions on takaful agency’s
business performance in malaysia |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9610/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9610/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9610/1/12182-33195-1-SM_%281%29.pdf |