%0 Journal Article
%T An Exploratory Study on the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Attitude and Firm Performance
%J Human Resource Management Research
%@ 2169-9666
%D 2013
%I 
%R 10.5923/j.hrmr.20130301.07
%X There is an increased emphasis on entrepreneurship research all around the globe. The Census of Establishments and Enterprises 2006 shows that 99.2% or 518,996 of business establishments in Malaysia were small and medium enterprises (SMEs). A critical question remains ¨C what factors affect entrepreneurial performance? Not all business start-ups were successful and managed to survive into the future. This study aims to understand how entrepreneurial attitude affects the performance of SMEs in Malaysia. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to owner managers and data were analyzed using regression model. Results show that all five dimensions of entrepreneurial attitude are positively related to firm performance.
%K Entrepreneurial Attitude
%K Small and Medium Enterprises
%K Firm Performance
%U http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.hrmr.20130301.07.html