Entrepreneurial Characteristics and Organisational Performance of Medium Enterprises

Nafiu I. Badiru (), Oluwafemi H. Oyedepo () and John O. Adebayo ()
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Nafiu I. Badiru: Department of Business Administration, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
Oluwafemi H. Oyedepo: Department of Business Administration, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
John O. Adebayo: Department of Business and Entrepreneurship Faculty of Management Sciences Kwara State University, Molete Kwara State, Nigeria

Business & Management Compass, 2023, issue 1, 5-23

Abstract: This study aims to determine the mechanisms by which entrepreneurial characteristics impact the organisational performance of Medium Enterprises (ME) in South-West, Nigeria. This study surveyed 370 owners/managers of MEs across the six states of South-West, Nigeria, using quantitative methods. And data were collected and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The empirical data reveal that creativity impacted organisational innovativeness; competitive aggressiveness influences organisational innovativeness; and creativity and competitive aggressiveness collectively impacted the organisational innovativeness. Hence, the study concluded that the entrepreneurial characteristics dimension, specifically, creativity and competitive aggressiveness individually and collectively enhanced organisational innovativeness of MEs in South-West, Nigeria.

Keywords: Competitive Aggressiveness; Creativity; Entrepreneurial Characteristics; Medium Enterprises Performance; Organisational Innovativeness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 D24 J21 L81 M20 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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