DocumentCode
1922450
Title
Exploring human capital of Malaysian SMEs
Author
Hilmi, Mohd Faiz ; Ramayah, T. ; Hassan, Siti Hasnah ; Mustapha, Yanti
Author_Institution
Sch. of Distance Educ., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Minden, Malaysia
fYear
2010
fDate
3-5 Oct. 2010
Firstpage
242
Lastpage
247
Abstract
Intangible resources has been considered to be one of an organization´s most valuable assets. Human capital makes up a component of intangible asset. The objective of this study is to investigate the role of human capital in influencing the performance of Malaysian SMEs. 115 owner-managers of SMEs were surveyed. Results show that among different sizes of SMEs (micro, small and medium) there were no statistical significant differences in human capital and performance. Additionally, human capital impacts SME performance and is an important determinant of business performance.
Keywords
labour resources; organisational aspects; small-to-medium enterprises; Malaysian SMEs; business performance; human capital; intangible resources; organizations valuable assets; owner-managers; Companies; Government; Humans; Industries; Technological innovation; Human Capital; Malaysia; Small and Medium Entrepreneurs;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Industrial Electronics & Applications (ISIEA), 2010 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
Penang
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7645-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISIEA.2010.5679461
Filename
5679461
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