Training needs of women entrepreneurs in services-based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

The main purpose of this study is to examine training needs of women entrepreneurs in services-based enterprises in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah by determining their adequacy of training based on type of establishment, highest academic qualification, size of enterprise and types of services to support their...

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Main Authors:	Henry, Monica, Abdullah, Muhammad Madi, Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	HD28 Management. Industrial Management HF5001 Business. Business Administration
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/42686/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42686/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42686/1/42686.pdf

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spelling	iium-426862016-05-23T08:00:45Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/42686/ Training needs of women entrepreneurs in services-based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Henry, Monica Abdullah, Muhammad Madi Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir HD28 Management. Industrial Management HF5001 Business. Business Administration The main purpose of this study is to examine training needs of women entrepreneurs in services-based enterprises in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah by determining their adequacy of training based on type of establishment, highest academic qualification, size of enterprise and types of services to support their business activities. The proposed conceptual framework was used to test 300 women entrepreneurs who are involved in services-based economies. Overall, findings from this study indicate respondents perceived moderately on the level of adequacy of training in entrepreneurship. The moderate level of perception of participants on the aspects of sufficiency, number and type of training attended denotes that they received inadequate training. This shows that there is no significant difference in the perception of respondents based on type of establishment and highest academic qualifications on the adequacy of training of women entrepreneurs to support their business activities. This indicates that there is no difference in the way the respondents perceive the adequacy of training based on type of establishment and highest academic qualifications background. However, there is significant difference in the perception of respondents on the adequacy of training based on size of enterprise and types of services. Keywords: Training Needs, Training Needs Analysis, Training Needs Assessment, Women Entrepreneurs, Sabah 2015-04-14 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42686/1/42686.pdf Henry, Monica and Abdullah, Muhammad Madi and Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir (2015) Training needs of women entrepreneurs in services-based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. In: International Conference on Natural Resources, Tourism And Services Management 2015, 14-16 April 2015, Promenade Hotel, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. http://submit.confbay.com/conf/icnts2015
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spellingShingle	HD28 Management. Industrial Management HF5001 Business. Business Administration Henry, Monica Abdullah, Muhammad Madi Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir Training needs of women entrepreneurs in services-based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
description	The main purpose of this study is to examine training needs of women entrepreneurs in services-based enterprises in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah by determining their adequacy of training based on type of establishment, highest academic qualification, size of enterprise and types of services to support their business activities. The proposed conceptual framework was used to test 300 women entrepreneurs who are involved in services-based economies. Overall, findings from this study indicate respondents perceived moderately on the level of adequacy of training in entrepreneurship. The moderate level of perception of participants on the aspects of sufficiency, number and type of training attended denotes that they received inadequate training. This shows that there is no significant difference in the perception of respondents based on type of establishment and highest academic qualifications on the adequacy of training of women entrepreneurs to support their business activities. This indicates that there is no difference in the way the respondents perceive the adequacy of training based on type of establishment and highest academic qualifications background. However, there is significant difference in the perception of respondents on the adequacy of training based on size of enterprise and types of services. Keywords: Training Needs, Training Needs Analysis, Training Needs Assessment, Women Entrepreneurs, Sabah
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Henry, Monica Abdullah, Muhammad Madi Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir
author_facet	Henry, Monica Abdullah, Muhammad Madi Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir
author_sort	Henry, Monica
title	Training needs of women entrepreneurs in services-based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
title_short	Training needs of women entrepreneurs in services-based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
title_full	Training needs of women entrepreneurs in services-based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
title_fullStr	Training needs of women entrepreneurs in services-based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
title_full_unstemmed	Training needs of women entrepreneurs in services-based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
title_sort	training needs of women entrepreneurs in services-based small and medium enterprises (smes) in kota kinabalu, sabah
publishDate	2015
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Training needs of women entrepreneurs in services-based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

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