Open AccessExploratory Study on the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Attitude and Firm’s Performance
Author(s) -
Kum-Lung Choe,
Siat-Ching Loo,
Teck-Chai Lau
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
asian social science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1911-2025
pISSN - 1911-2017
DOI - 10.5539/ass.v9n4p144
Subject(s) - globe , affect (linguistics) , business , entrepreneurship , marketing , exploratory research , small and medium sized enterprises , census , business administration , psychology , sociology , finance , population , communication , neuroscience , anthropology , demography
There is an increased emphasis on entrepreneurship research around the globe. The Census of Establishments and Enterprises 2006 shows that 99.2% or 518,996 of business establishments in Malaysia were small and medium enterprises (SMEs). A critical question remains – what factors affect entrepreneurial performance? Not all business start-ups were successful and managed to survive into the future. This study aims to understand how entrepreneurial attitude affects the performance of SMEs in Malaysia. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to owner managers and data were analyzed using regression model. Results show that all five dimensions of entrepreneurial attitude are positively related to firm performance