Sustainable Performance Of Manufacturing Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes) In Malaysia: The Roles Of Sustainable Practices And Entrepreneurial Bricolage

As a result of global economy, environmental and social catastrophes, businesses especially the entrepreneurs are seeking effective and efficient means to minimise the tremendous impacts. Although various theoretical foundations are beneficial in understanding the importance of sustainability, th...

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Main Author: Hassan, Nor Aishah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2021
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description As a result of global economy, environmental and social catastrophes, businesses especially the entrepreneurs are seeking effective and efficient means to minimise the tremendous impacts. Although various theoretical foundations are beneficial in understanding the importance of sustainability, the sustainable performance of small-medium enterprises (SMEs) has yet to be explored. This research seeks to examine the drivers and outcome of sustainable practices to mitigate economic crisis, environment degradation, and social injustice. In particular, the individual (entrepreneurial leadership), organisational (sustainability culture), and institutional (government support implementation) level factors are presumed to drive the sustainable practices. These factors will in turn influence sustainable performance, and hence demonstrating the contingent role of entrepreneurial bricolage. Drawing on RBV and effectuation theory, a theoretical framework had been developed and analysed using 146 respondents among Malaysian manufacturing SMEs. An analytical method called Partial Least Squares (PLS) using SmartPLS software version 3.2.8 had been employed. The findings reveal that entrepreneurial leadership and sustainability culture are the key drivers of sustainable practices. Meanwhile, government support implementation is found to be not a significant factor that influences the practices. Additionally, sustainable practices are discovered to have positive effect on economic, environmental and social performance.
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spelling usm-521832022-04-05T03:17:27Z http://eprints.usm.my/52183/ Sustainable Performance Of Manufacturing Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes) In Malaysia: The Roles Of Sustainable Practices And Entrepreneurial Bricolage Hassan, Nor Aishah HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management As a result of global economy, environmental and social catastrophes, businesses especially the entrepreneurs are seeking effective and efficient means to minimise the tremendous impacts. Although various theoretical foundations are beneficial in understanding the importance of sustainability, the sustainable performance of small-medium enterprises (SMEs) has yet to be explored. This research seeks to examine the drivers and outcome of sustainable practices to mitigate economic crisis, environment degradation, and social injustice. In particular, the individual (entrepreneurial leadership), organisational (sustainability culture), and institutional (government support implementation) level factors are presumed to drive the sustainable practices. These factors will in turn influence sustainable performance, and hence demonstrating the contingent role of entrepreneurial bricolage. Drawing on RBV and effectuation theory, a theoretical framework had been developed and analysed using 146 respondents among Malaysian manufacturing SMEs. An analytical method called Partial Least Squares (PLS) using SmartPLS software version 3.2.8 had been employed. The findings reveal that entrepreneurial leadership and sustainability culture are the key drivers of sustainable practices. Meanwhile, government support implementation is found to be not a significant factor that influences the practices. Additionally, sustainable practices are discovered to have positive effect on economic, environmental and social performance. 2021-05 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/52183/1/NOR%20AISHAH%20HASSAN.pdf Hassan, Nor Aishah (2021) Sustainable Performance Of Manufacturing Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes) In Malaysia: The Roles Of Sustainable Practices And Entrepreneurial Bricolage. PhD thesis, Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut.
spellingShingle HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
Hassan, Nor Aishah
Sustainable Performance Of Manufacturing Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes) In Malaysia: The Roles Of Sustainable Practices And Entrepreneurial Bricolage
title Sustainable Performance Of Manufacturing Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes) In Malaysia: The Roles Of Sustainable Practices And Entrepreneurial Bricolage
title_full Sustainable Performance Of Manufacturing Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes) In Malaysia: The Roles Of Sustainable Practices And Entrepreneurial Bricolage
title_fullStr Sustainable Performance Of Manufacturing Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes) In Malaysia: The Roles Of Sustainable Practices And Entrepreneurial Bricolage
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable Performance Of Manufacturing Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes) In Malaysia: The Roles Of Sustainable Practices And Entrepreneurial Bricolage
title_short Sustainable Performance Of Manufacturing Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes) In Malaysia: The Roles Of Sustainable Practices And Entrepreneurial Bricolage
title_sort sustainable performance of manufacturing small and medium enterprises (smes) in malaysia: the roles of sustainable practices and entrepreneurial bricolage
topic HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
url http://eprints.usm.my/52183/
http://eprints.usm.my/52183/1/NOR%20AISHAH%20HASSAN.pdf