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The Impact of Owner-Managers’ Personality Traits on Their Small Hospitality Enterprise Performance in Saudi Arabia

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  • Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih

    (Management Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsaa 31982, Saudi Arabia
    Hotel Management Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, Helwan University, Cairo 12612, Egypt)

  • Amer A. Al-qutaish

    (Management Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsaa 31982, Saudi Arabia)

  • Hassane Gharbi

    (Management Department, School of Business, University of Sfax, Sfax 3018, Tunisia)

  • Ahmed E. Abu Elnasr

    (Higher Institute for Specific Studies, Future Academy, Cairo 11771, Egypt)

Abstract

Governments in many countries have paid close attention to small enterprises because of their social and economic impacts. The role of the owner-manager in advancing the performance of their small business cannot be underestimated. The current study tests the influence of an owner-manager’s big five personality traits on the performance of their small enterprises. For this purpose, a pre-tested questionnaire was directed to owner-managers of small hospitality enterprises in Saudi Arabia. The results of SEM analysis, with AMOS, showed that high levels of both openness to experience and agreeableness of owner-managers have a significant positive impact on the performance of their small enterprises. However, a high level of neuroticism has a significant negative impact on the performance of their small enterprises. The results interestingly showed that high levels of both conscientiousness and extraversion among owner-managers have positive, but insignificant, impacts on the performance of their small enterprises. These two traits had a minor impact on the performance of small hospitality enterprises. Hence, managers of small hospitality enterprises in Saudi Arabia are required to have high levels of openness to experiences and agreeableness and low level of neuroticism to achieve significant organizational performance.

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  • Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih & Amer A. Al-qutaish & Hassane Gharbi & Ahmed E. Abu Elnasr, 2022. "The Impact of Owner-Managers’ Personality Traits on Their Small Hospitality Enterprise Performance in Saudi Arabia," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-17, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jjrfmx:v:15:y:2022:i:12:p:585-:d:996051
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