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Entrepreneurial orientation and social responsibility of small and medium sized enterprises located in Selangor
Mei, Peng Low1, Ramayah, T2.
Over last decade, entrepreneurial issues have received much attention due to it significant
contribution towards the national economy. In Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
economies, Small Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) share of gross domestic product (GDP)
range from 20% to 50%. Meanwhile, SMEs in Malaysia are contributing about 32.7% of
Malaysia’s GDP (Department of Statistics, Malaysia, 2013). SMEs are regarded as business
entities with smaller number of personnel. Therefore, entrepreneurial competencies of the
owner/ manager and employees are the critical success factors for its survival and
sustainability. Social responsibility is receiving attention in the 21st century due to its’
contribution in business sustainability. This leads to the opportunity to investigate the role of
entrepreneurial orientation in SMEs social responsibility specifically the employee’s aspect.
This paper aims to study the impact of entrepreneurial orientation in the implementation of
internal corporate social responsibility (CSR); and examine the moderating effect of the
perceived role of ethics and social responsibility in the implementation of internal CSR. The
findings provide some insights pertaining to EO in internal decision strategy and the
perception of ethics and social responsibility in internal decision making.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
- Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
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