Malaysia SMEs Award Winners’ Environmental Scanning Practice

Malaysia SMEs Award Winners’ Environmental Scanning Practice

This study examines the effects of owner manager characteristics on environmental scanning practice of Malaysia‟s SMEs Award Winners, E50 SMEs. It investigates the relationship between E50 SMEs owner manager environmental scanning need and environmental scanning practice. Based on the constructs of...

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Main Author: Hamedon, Siti Rohimi
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2012
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ZA Information resources
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/22991/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/22991/1/SRH_ecime_2012_paper.pdf
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spelling iium-229912013-03-21T07:59:24Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22991/ Malaysia SMEs Award Winners’ Environmental Scanning Practice Hamedon, Siti Rohimi ZA Information resources This study examines the effects of owner manager characteristics on environmental scanning practice of Malaysia‟s SMEs Award Winners, E50 SMEs. It investigates the relationship between E50 SMEs owner manager environmental scanning need and environmental scanning practice. Based on the constructs of the measures, a research scale was developed for the study and data were collected via self-administered mail survey among the E50 SMEs in Malaysia. The results revealed that owner manager environmental scanning need (the perceived importance to stay abreast of the business environment) and owner manager environmental scanning interest (the role of environmental scanning to the organization) is the predictor of environmental scanning practice. Implications of the findings in theory and practice for SMEs owner managers and practitioners are also discussed. The study's limitations and future research directions are consequently addressed 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22991/1/SRH_ecime_2012_paper.pdf Hamedon, Siti Rohimi (2012) Malaysia SMEs Award Winners’ Environmental Scanning Practice. In: the 3rd International Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ICIME 2012), 16-17 April 2012, Ankara Turkey.
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Hamedon, Siti Rohimi
Malaysia SMEs Award Winners’ Environmental Scanning Practice
description This study examines the effects of owner manager characteristics on environmental scanning practice of Malaysia‟s SMEs Award Winners, E50 SMEs. It investigates the relationship between E50 SMEs owner manager environmental scanning need and environmental scanning practice. Based on the constructs of the measures, a research scale was developed for the study and data were collected via self-administered mail survey among the E50 SMEs in Malaysia. The results revealed that owner manager environmental scanning need (the perceived importance to stay abreast of the business environment) and owner manager environmental scanning interest (the role of environmental scanning to the organization) is the predictor of environmental scanning practice. Implications of the findings in theory and practice for SMEs owner managers and practitioners are also discussed. The study's limitations and future research directions are consequently addressed
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Hamedon, Siti Rohimi
author_facet Hamedon, Siti Rohimi
author_sort Hamedon, Siti Rohimi
title Malaysia SMEs Award Winners’ Environmental Scanning Practice
title_short Malaysia SMEs Award Winners’ Environmental Scanning Practice
title_full Malaysia SMEs Award Winners’ Environmental Scanning Practice
title_fullStr Malaysia SMEs Award Winners’ Environmental Scanning Practice
title_full_unstemmed Malaysia SMEs Award Winners’ Environmental Scanning Practice
title_sort malaysia smes award winners’ environmental scanning practice
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/22991/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/22991/1/SRH_ecime_2012_paper.pdf
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