Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) business owner’s wellbeing and business growth in Malaysia
The most common attribute found among successful Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is constantly growing their business. Business owner’s wellbeing evidently played pivotal role in SMEs business growth. Although extensive research has been carried out on the subject of SMEs business growth, their...
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| author | Engku Aiesyah Amirah Engku Md Azmi, |
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| description | The most common attribute found among successful Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is
constantly growing their business. Business owner’s wellbeing evidently played pivotal role in
SMEs business growth. Although extensive research has been carried out on the subject of SMEs
business growth, their wellbeing remained relatively under-explored. As a result, a thorough
understanding on SMEs business owner’s wellbeing in Terengganu was very poor and the
barriers to business growth remain persistent. It is against this backdrop that this paper seeks to
explore SMEs business owner’s attitude which impede their business growth that directly linked
with their wellbeing. Analysis of data from 30 semi-structured interviews with SMEs related
experts and business owners revealed six common traits of business owners’ attitude;
complacent, reliance, expectation, inculpate, unmotivated and incurious. In addition to common
traits, findings revealed further understanding on their attitudinal motivations. Thorough
understanding on SMEs business owner’s attitude found among participants in this study
explained their minimal growth which lies beyond superficial negative attribute that was
projected, rather, driven by external circumstances. This study provides a fine-grained
understanding of SMEs business owner’s wellbeing in Terengganu through a lenses of both
experts and business owners. |
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| spelling | ukm.eprints-170482021-07-13T02:02:30Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17048/ Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) business owner’s wellbeing and business growth in Malaysia Engku Aiesyah Amirah Engku Md Azmi, The most common attribute found among successful Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is constantly growing their business. Business owner’s wellbeing evidently played pivotal role in SMEs business growth. Although extensive research has been carried out on the subject of SMEs business growth, their wellbeing remained relatively under-explored. As a result, a thorough understanding on SMEs business owner’s wellbeing in Terengganu was very poor and the barriers to business growth remain persistent. It is against this backdrop that this paper seeks to explore SMEs business owner’s attitude which impede their business growth that directly linked with their wellbeing. Analysis of data from 30 semi-structured interviews with SMEs related experts and business owners revealed six common traits of business owners’ attitude; complacent, reliance, expectation, inculpate, unmotivated and incurious. In addition to common traits, findings revealed further understanding on their attitudinal motivations. Thorough understanding on SMEs business owner’s attitude found among participants in this study explained their minimal growth which lies beyond superficial negative attribute that was projected, rather, driven by external circumstances. This study provides a fine-grained understanding of SMEs business owner’s wellbeing in Terengganu through a lenses of both experts and business owners. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17048/1/44471-143370-1-PB.pdf Engku Aiesyah Amirah Engku Md Azmi, (2020) Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) business owner’s wellbeing and business growth in Malaysia. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 16 (4). pp. 296-310. ISSN 2180-2491 https://ejournals.ukm.my/gmjss/issue/view/1357 |
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| title | Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) business owner’s wellbeing and business growth in Malaysia |
| title_full | Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) business owner’s wellbeing and business growth in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) business owner’s wellbeing and business growth in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) business owner’s wellbeing and business growth in Malaysia |
| title_short | Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) business owner’s wellbeing and business growth in Malaysia |
| title_sort | small medium enterprises smes business owner s wellbeing and business growth in malaysia |
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