Title: Entrepreneurial physiognomies, employee attitude and the performance of SMEs

Authors: Oluwabunmi A. Falebita; Harriet Uchenna Umeh

Addresses: Business Administration Programme, College of Management and Social Sciences, Bowen University, Iwo, 230001, Nigeria ' Business Administration Programme, College of Management and Social Sciences, Bowen University, Iwo, 230001, Nigeria

Abstract: An examination of the interactions among entrepreneurial physiognomies, employee attitude and the performance of selected SMEs in Lagos State, Nigeria was conducted in this study. A total of 171 SMEs were involved in the survey. The results show that entrepreneurial creativity and employee job involvement have a significant effect on SME performance (r = 0.281, Adjusted R² = 0.067, p = 0.000 < 0.05); entrepreneurial passion and employee commitment have a significant effect on SME performance (r = 0.278, Adjusted R² = 0.065, p = 0.000 < 0.05); and entrepreneurial vision and employee job satisfaction also significantly influenced the performance of SMEs (r = 0.281, Adjusted R² = 0.067, p = 0.000 < 0.05). It can be seen that, all these variables have a significant effect on the performance of SMEs. This research lends credence to existing empirics by establishing the influence of entrepreneurial physiognomies and employee attitude on the performance of SMEs.

Keywords: entrepreneurial physiognomies; employee attitude; SMEs; SMEs-performance.

DOI: 10.1504/EMJM.2022.123916

EuroMed Journal of Management, 2022 Vol.4 No.3, pp.219 - 232

Received: 20 Dec 2021
Accepted: 20 Jan 2022
Published online: 04 Jul 2022 *

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