Core values as drivers of entrepreneurial performance: A study of SMEs in Uganda’s central region

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dc.article.end-page665en_ZA
dc.article.start-page651en_ZA
dc.citation.doi10.1080/0376835X.2018.1559041en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorIsmail, K
dc.contributor.authorRobert, V
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-27T09:31:34Z
dc.date.available2020-07-27T09:31:34Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to establish whether the relationship between core values and entrepreneurial performance in Uganda’s informal economy exists and whether motivation mediates the relationship. The survey was conducted in the informal economy of Uganda’s central region using a structured questionnaire. The sample included three hundred eighty-six employees of Small and Medium Enterprises. Hypotheses and mediation tests were carried out by way of structural equation modeling, using Analysis of Moment Structures and Sobel’s test respectively. Results from hypotheses’ tests indicate significant positive relationships between core values and entrepreneurial performance. Furthermore, it was established that motivation significantly mediates the relationship between core values and entrepreneurial performance (except trust). Based on the study’s results, it is recommended that Small and Medium Enterprises should seek to acquire skills on how to fully turn motivation into business advantage and how to use core values as tools for marketing the business.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianTT2020en_ZA
dc.facultyFaculty of Commerce, Law and Managementen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationIsmail Kintu & Robert Venter (2019) Core values as drivers of entrepreneurial performance: A study of SMEs in Uganda’s central region, Development Southern Africa, 36:5, 651-665en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0376-835X (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1470-3637 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/29270
dc.journal.issue5en_ZA
dc.journal.linkhttps://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2018.1559041en_ZA
dc.journal.titleDevelopment Southern Africaen_ZA
dc.journal.volume36en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledge Taylor & Francis Groupen_ZA
dc.rights© 2018 Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC)en_ZA
dc.schoolSchool of Accountancy
dc.subjectCore valuesen_ZA
dc.subjectmotivationen_ZA
dc.subjectmediationen_ZA
dc.subjectinformal economy and entrepreneurial performanceen_ZA
dc.titleCore values as drivers of entrepreneurial performance: A study of SMEs in Uganda’s central regionen_ZA
dc.title.alternativeDevelopment Southern Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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