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Predicting management development and learning behaviour in New Zealand SMEs

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posted on 2012-02-01, 00:00 authored by D Deakins, M Battisti, A Coetzer, Banjo Roxas
Despite concern on the part of policy makers to raise managerial capability in SMEs, there is little evidence on the key drivers of owner-manager participation in management development programmes. The authors argue that such participation is poorly understood. The paper develops a predictive model of the drivers of participation in sources of learning by owner-managers. It tests a theoretical model, based on the small firm as a learning organization, which posits that participation is driven by owner-managers' learning orientation and the extent of their belief in self-improvement. The implications of the results are discussed in light of the provision of management development programmes.

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Journal

International journal of entrepreneurship and innovation

Volume

13

Issue

1

Pagination

11 - 24

Publisher

IP Publishing

Location

London, England

ISSN

1465-7503

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2012, IP Publishing

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