Entrepreneurial Competencies and Networks in the Construction Industry

The construction industry plays an important role in the economic growth and in the long-term national development. Although some studies have shown that the failure rate and bankruptcies among the construction firms are high. One of the critical issues facing the construction industry in Malaysia i...

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Main Authors:	Puteri Fadzline, Tamyez, Nazaruddin, Ishak, Juhary, Ali, Safiynaz, Omar
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	ESB Business School 2016
Subjects:	HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15561/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15561/1/fim-2016-puteri-Entrepreneurial%20Competencies%20and%20Networks.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15561/7/fim-2016-puteri-Entrepreneurial%20Competencies%20and%20Networks1.pdf

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spelling	ump-155612018-03-27T02:46:56Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15561/ Entrepreneurial Competencies and Networks in the Construction Industry Puteri Fadzline, Tamyez Nazaruddin, Ishak Juhary, Ali Safiynaz, Omar HD28 Management. Industrial Management The construction industry plays an important role in the economic growth and in the long-term national development. Although some studies have shown that the failure rate and bankruptcies among the construction firms are high. One of the critical issues facing the construction industry in Malaysia is to ensure that the industry can attain and able to sustain the anticipated growth. This research attempts to empirically examine the significance of the entrepreneurial competencies and entrepreneurial networks on entrepreneurial success of small size contractors in Malaysia. It adapts the quantitative approach and carried out in the state of Selangor where stratified random sampling was adapted. Questionnaires were conducted as means of collecting data. Based on the total number of population of G1 to G3, the sample size is 368 respondents. Quantitative research revealed that personal competency has the highest effect on the success of the construction firms (β=.231), and social network (β=.223). Hence, the study’s empirical findings provide a basis for recommendations for small size construction firms to enhance their competencies and for the policy makers to design and formulate entrepreneurship support programs and other initiative for SMEs especially the small size construction firms. ESB Business School 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15561/1/fim-2016-puteri-Entrepreneurial%20Competencies%20and%20Networks.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15561/7/fim-2016-puteri-Entrepreneurial%20Competencies%20and%20Networks1.pdf Puteri Fadzline, Tamyez and Nazaruddin, Ishak and Juhary, Ali and Safiynaz, Omar (2016) Entrepreneurial Competencies and Networks in the Construction Industry. In: International Business Engineering Conference Proceedings, 26-27 September 2016 , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. pp. 295-310.. ISBN 9-789670-691916
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description	The construction industry plays an important role in the economic growth and in the long-term national development. Although some studies have shown that the failure rate and bankruptcies among the construction firms are high. One of the critical issues facing the construction industry in Malaysia is to ensure that the industry can attain and able to sustain the anticipated growth. This research attempts to empirically examine the significance of the entrepreneurial competencies and entrepreneurial networks on entrepreneurial success of small size contractors in Malaysia. It adapts the quantitative approach and carried out in the state of Selangor where stratified random sampling was adapted. Questionnaires were conducted as means of collecting data. Based on the total number of population of G1 to G3, the sample size is 368 respondents. Quantitative research revealed that personal competency has the highest effect on the success of the construction firms (β=.231), and social network (β=.223). Hence, the study’s empirical findings provide a basis for recommendations for small size construction firms to enhance their competencies and for the policy makers to design and formulate entrepreneurship support programs and other initiative for SMEs especially the small size construction firms.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Puteri Fadzline, Tamyez Nazaruddin, Ishak Juhary, Ali Safiynaz, Omar
author_facet	Puteri Fadzline, Tamyez Nazaruddin, Ishak Juhary, Ali Safiynaz, Omar
author_sort	Puteri Fadzline, Tamyez
title	Entrepreneurial Competencies and Networks in the Construction Industry
title_short	Entrepreneurial Competencies and Networks in the Construction Industry
title_full	Entrepreneurial Competencies and Networks in the Construction Industry
title_fullStr	Entrepreneurial Competencies and Networks in the Construction Industry
title_full_unstemmed	Entrepreneurial Competencies and Networks in the Construction Industry
title_sort	entrepreneurial competencies and networks in the construction industry
publisher	ESB Business School
publishDate	2016
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15561/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15561/1/fim-2016-puteri-Entrepreneurial%20Competencies%20and%20Networks.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15561/7/fim-2016-puteri-Entrepreneurial%20Competencies%20and%20Networks1.pdf
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