Work Habits And Entrepreneurial Success In Three Industrial Sub-Sectors In Rivers State.
Volume 1 - Issue 4, October 2017 Edition
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Author(s)
DON-BARIDAM LETAM
Keywords
Entrepreneurial success, Industrial subsectors, Rivers State, Work habits.
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between work habits and entrepreneurial success. Using data from 65 entrepreneurs, randomly drawn from three industrial sectors - tailoring, furniture and water bottling, in Rivers State, the Spearman’s rank order correlation was used to measure the relationship between the components or proxies of the independent variable and the measures of the dependent variable, while the partial correlation analysis was used to measure the moderating role of organizational culture in the relationship between the independent and independent variables. The SPSS version 20 was employed for the analyses. Results indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship among all the dimensions of work habit (interpersonal leadership and creative cooperation) and the measures of entrepreneurial success (branch expansion and entrepreneurial satisfaction). It was also found that organizational culture moderated the hypothesized work habit-entrepreneurial success relationship. Based on the above findings, it was recommended that entrepreneurs that wish to be successful need to develop and sustain good habits through abstract thinking, disciplined life style and setting macro goals and micro quotas. Also, entrepreneurs need to sustain positive and supportive work cultures that enable collaborative work efforts by members of the organization.
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