IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/wjabxx/v23y2022i4p1009-1028.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Symbiotic Resonance, Nexus of Generative Influence, Ecologies of Innovation and Opportunity Exploitation among Small and Medium Enterprises

Author

Listed:
  • Samuel Mayanja
  • Joseph M. Ntayi
  • Michael Omeke
  • Moses M. Kibirango
  • Henry Mutebi

Abstract

This paper used a quantitative cross-sectional survey design to collect data from 228 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Uganda to test the mediating role ecologies of innovation in the relationship between symbiotic resonance, nexus of generative influence and opportunity exploitation, but also, the moderating role of firm size in the relationship between symbiotic resonance and ecologies of innovation. The mediated – moderated hypotheses were tested through Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) using SmartPLS version 3.3.0. The study found that ecologies of innovation positively and significantly mediate the relationship between nexus of generative influence and opportunity exploitation. Additionally, we confirmed that firm size moderates the relationship between symbiotic resonance and ecologies of innovation. Managers of SMEs and policy makers should pay more attention to situations where the owner/manager can act as a leader to influence employees positively, create an enabling environment, provide feedback, allow employee to deviate from norms.

Suggested Citation

  • Samuel Mayanja & Joseph M. Ntayi & Michael Omeke & Moses M. Kibirango & Henry Mutebi, 2022. "Symbiotic Resonance, Nexus of Generative Influence, Ecologies of Innovation and Opportunity Exploitation among Small and Medium Enterprises," Journal of African Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(4), pages 1009-1028, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:wjabxx:v:23:y:2022:i:4:p:1009-1028
    DOI: 10.1080/15228916.2021.1977563
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/15228916.2021.1977563
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/15228916.2021.1977563?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Regis Kamaduuka Zombeire & Samuel Ssekajja Mayanja & Michael Omeke, 2023. "The Mediating Role of Nexus of Generative Influence in Relationship Between Regulative Framework and Ethical Performance in Local Governments," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 1695-1716, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:wjabxx:v:23:y:2022:i:4:p:1009-1028. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/wjab20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.