Impact of Human Resources Competency on Productivity: The case of SME’s in Timor-Leste
Author (s)
Egidio da Costa & Niu Xiongying
Abstract
Small and medium enterprises are one of the business groups that have high contribution to the national economy. Even with the development of the number of SME units able to generate jobs opportunity. Nevertheless, in term of quality SME’s are still considered lower than large companies therefore to improve the working quality, its necessary to solve human resources competence such skills, knowledge and abilities issues to improve the Productivity. This research was carried out aimed to know how the influence of skills, knowledge, abilities on the productivity is. This research was conducted with a quantitative approach. The population in this study was small and medium enterprises domiciled in Dili capital and the sampling technique used was simple random sampling. Data collection is done by distributing questionnaires to 250 units of small and medium-sized business owners. The measurement was using a Likert scale. And the data was analyzed using SPSS 23 version with simple and multiple regression analysis method. The results of the analysis conclude that skills(X1), knowledge(X2) and working ability(X3) are positive and significantly effect on labor productivity (y).
Keywords: SMEs, Skills, Knowledge, Ability, Productivity.
| Title: | Impact of Human Resources Competency on Productivity: The case of SME’s in Timor-Leste |
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| Author: | Egidio da Costa & Niu Xiongying |
| Journal Name: | International Journal of Science and Business |
| Website: | ijsab.com |
| ISSN: | ISSN 2520-4750 (Online), ISSN 2521-3040 (Print) |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5521100 |
| Media: | Online |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| Acceptance Date: | 19/09/2021 |
| Date of Publication: | 22/09/2021 |
| PDF URL: | https://ijsab.com/wp-content/uploads/821.pdf |
| Free download: | Available |
| Page: | 1-15 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 15 |
| Paper Type: | Research Paper |
| Current Status: | Published |
Cite This Article:
Egidio da Costa & Niu Xiongying (2021). Impact of Human Resources Competency on Productivity: The case of SME’s in Timor-Leste. International Journal of Science and Business, 5(10), 1-15. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5521100
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About Author (s)
Egidio da Costa (corresponding author), PhD Research Scholar, Business School, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China. Email: egidiodacosta90@gmail.com
Niu Xiongying, Professor, Business School, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China.