Entrepreneurial Competencies and Microenterprises Sustainability. Issue 1 (March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fazal, Syed Ali; Al Mamun, Abdullah; Ahmad, Ghazali Bin; Al-Shami, Sayed Samer Ali
• Is Part Of: Vision. Volume 26:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 39
• Page End: 47
• Publication Date: 2022-03
• Subjects: Entrepreneurial Competency -- Sustainability -- Microenterprise -- Malaysia; Management -- Periodicals; 658
• DOI: 10.1177/0972262920983997
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0972-2629

Abstract

In this article, we report a study undertaken to measure the effects of selected competency dimensions on the microenterprise sustainability in Malaysia under the premise of the resource-based view (RBV). We adopted a cross sectional approach. Quantitative data were collected from 300 micro-entrepreneurs in Malaysia who were selected using a random sampling technique. Commitment, conceptual, opportunity recognizing, organizing and relationship competencies had significant positive impacts on microenterprise sustainability. The empirical evidence forwarded in this article extends the current micro-entrepreneurship literature in Malaysia and recommends that relevant policy measures need to be enforced for improving microenterprise sustainability based on key entrepreneurial competencies.