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Determining factors in the performance of integrated vocational education schools

ID: 66478

: Marise Regina Barbosa Uemura, Graziella Maria Comini.

: REGE - Revista de Gestão, v. 29, n. 2, p. 102-116, Abril-Junho, 2022. 15 .

: Public education Paper type Research paper , School administration , School management , Technical and vocational education

: Artigo (English)

The study of knowledge employee voice among the knowledge-based companies: the case of an emerging economy

ID: 66479

: Elahe Hosseini, Saeid Saeida Ardekani, Mehdi Sabokro.

: REGE - Revista de Gestão, v. 29, n. 2, p. 117-138, Abril-Junho, 2022. 22 .

: Employee voice , Knowledge-based companies , Knowledge employee , Knowledge employee voice , Organisational voice

: Artigo (English)

Purpose – A review of previous studies on the voices of employees and knowledge workers clarifies that paying attention to employees’ voice is critical in human resource management. However, limited studies have been conducted on it, and much less emphasis has been placed compared to other human resource management activities such as human resource planning. Therefore, the voice of knowledge employees has been one of the critical issues that have attracted a great deal of attention recently. Nonetheless, there is no evidence of various comprehensive and integrated voice mechanisms. As a result, this study aims to design knowledge workers’ voice patterns in knowledge-based companies specialising in information and communication technology (ICT) in Iran in May and June 2020. Design/methodology/approach – This study is a qualitative grounded theory research. We collected the data from a target sample of 15 experts in knowledge-based ICT companies using in-depth semi-structured interviews. Since all the participants had practised the employee voice process, they were regarded as useful data sources. Data analysis was also performed using three-step coding (open, axial and selective) by Atlas T8, which eventually led to identifying 14 components and 38 selected codes. We placed identified components in a paradigm model, including Personality Characteristics, Job Factors, Economic Factors, Cultural Factors, Organisational Policies, Organisational Structure, Climate Of Voice in the Organisation, Management Factors, Emotional Events, Communications and Networking, Contrast and Conflict and, etc. Then, the voice pattern of the knowledge staff was drawn. Findings – The results showed that constructive knowledge voice influences the recognition of environmental opportunities and, additionally, it helps the competitive advantages among the employees. By forming the concept of knowledge staff voice, it can be concluded that paying attention to knowledge staff voice leads to presenting creative solutions to do affairs in critical situations. The presentation of these solutions by knowledge workers results in the acceptance of environmental changes, recognition and exploitation of new chances and ideas, and sharing experiences in Iranian knowledge-based companies. Practical implications – Strengthening and expanding the voice of employees in knowledge-oriented companies can pave the way to growth and development towards a higher future that prevents the waste of tangible and intangible assets. Originality/value – Companies’ ability to engage in knowledge workers is a vital factor in human resource management and strategic management. However, the employee voice has not been involved integrally in the context of corporate.

Ghanaian SMEs’ perspective on the interrelationship between market and entrepreneurial orientations

ID: 66480

: Kassimu Issau, Sanjay Soni, Innocent Senyo Kwasi Acquah.

: REGE - Revista de Gestão, v. 29, n. 2, p. 139-157, Abril-Junho, 2022. 19 .

: Entrepreneurial orientation , Ghanaian , Interrelationship , Market orientation , PLS-SEM Paper type Research paper , SMEs

: Artigo (English)

Purpose – This research examines the interrelationships between market orientation (MO) and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in the small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector. Due to the conflicting results associated with each orientation’s influence on firm performance, some researchers advanced that scholars should resort to concurrent observation of the constructs. To the researchers, concurrent deployment of the constructs by businesses is likely to result in an enhanced performance. However, what is lacking in their proposition is how the deployment of these resources should be, thereby leading to a knowledge gap in the literature. The aforementioned gap is what this paper seeks to address. Design/methodology/approach – The study employed deductive research approach, and data were collected from 366 SMEs’ owners or owner-managers of SMEs in two metropoles in Ghana. For this study, the hand delivery and collection of questionnaire technique was deployed. The reason is that most respondents may be reluctant to respond to the questionnaires through the post or Internet. Partial least square-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was employed for the data analysis due to its importance in allowing the testing of relationships among constructs. Furthermore, seven-point Likert scale was used to generate responses from the respondents. Findings – The result indicates that MO and EO have a positive and significant influence on each other. However, the influence of EO on MO is greater. Therefore, when owners of SMEs are embracing the two constructs in their businesses, EO should precede MO. The finding is a novelty of this study. Through this result, the owners of SMEs would have knowledge of embracing EO before MO during the employment of the two constructs in their firms. The study further revealed that not all the components of MO have positive and significant influence on EO, and the reverse is true. Without this study, the owners of SMEs would have placed equal attention on each construct and their components. The study also indicates that deployment of MO in its composite form rather than components is the best way for improving EO. Practical implications – The more SMEs engage in MO activities, the likelihood of an increase in their entrepreneurial spirit and the opposite is true. However, engaging in more EO activities would result in higher MO than the reverse. Originality/value – The findings add to the empirical literature by revealing the interrelationships between MO and EO, which serve as a guide to owners of SMEs and practitioners in their concurrent deployment of the two constructs. The findings would also open replication doors for future researchers in different settings.