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{"title":"Erratum: Factors influencing strategic decision-making in South African small businesses","authors":"Ireze Van Wyk, Peet Venter","doi":"10.4102/ac.v23i1.1153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ac.v23i1.1153","url":null,"abstract":"No abstract available.","PeriodicalId":55663,"journal":{"name":"Acta Commercii","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139340422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The non-financial reporting practices of co-operative managed enterprises in South Africa","authors":"Karel B. Fouché, Meon Uys","doi":"10.4102/ac.v23i1.1128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ac.v23i1.1128","url":null,"abstract":"Orientation: This paper reports on how co-operative managed enterprises in South Africa address non-financial reporting requirements.Research purpose: The purpose of the study is to obtain a deeper understanding of the non-financial reporting practices followed by co-operatives in South Africa, from the perspective of stakeholders.Motivation for the study: The benefits of co-operative enterprises can only be fully realised if the non-financial reporting is effective in describing whether the values and principles unique to this type of enterprise have been met. Although the non-financial reporting practices of co-operatives have been the subjects of many international studies, limited research has been performed from a South African perspective.Research design, approach and method: A case study approach was employed in which semi-structured interviews were conducted. Three co-operatives were selected as the case studies, and interviews were held with stakeholders, including management, employees and suppliers. A thematic analysis was performed by means of ATLAS.ti, where a codebook was developed and used to analyse interview data and to develop a findings framework. The findings were documented with reference to the framework.Practical/managerial implications: The research demonstrates that the relevance, reliability, quality and completeness of non-financial information are influenced by the co-operative’s age, size, industry, level of stakeholder participation and the reporting guidance by the co-operative preferred.Contribution/value add: This study illustrates how improving the quality of non-financial reporting of co-operatives in South Africa could enhance the achievement of their goals.","PeriodicalId":55663,"journal":{"name":"Acta Commercii","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83118580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Work-life balance in the Zimbabwe Retail Sector: Testing a job-engagement and job-satisfaction model","authors":"N. Mashavira, Nyasha D. Nyoni, M. Mathibe, Lister Chada","doi":"10.4102/ac.v23i1.1139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ac.v23i1.1139","url":null,"abstract":"Orientation: This study focuses on the relationship between work-life balance (WLB), job engagement, and job satisfaction (JS) among employees in the retail sector in Bulawayo urban Province, Zimbabwe.Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to validate the relationship between WLB, job engagement and JS.Motivation for the study: The motivation for the research stemmed from the dearth of studies from the global south that examined the causal relationship between three aforementioned variables within the retail sector.Research design, approach and method: A descriptive survey design was employed in a study that involved 108 employees from the retail sector in Bulawayo province. Adapted standardised closed questionnaires were used for data collection. The study was developed and tested, using structural equation modelling, a model that can be used to explain the effect of the three variables on each other.Main findings: The study established a statistically significant relationship between WLB and job engagement. It was also found that WLB plays a major role in facilitating positive JS outcomes. However, a weak association was established between JS and dedication – a dimension of job engagement.Practical/managerial implications: Striking a balance between employees’ career and personal life directly impacts their JS and job engagement levels.Contribution/value-add: This study’s findings shed light on the complex dynamics between the three variables that are helpful for organisations seeking to enhance employee well-being and optimise performance of their workforce.","PeriodicalId":55663,"journal":{"name":"Acta Commercii","volume":"160 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85625265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cultural intelligence and interactional adjustment of Chinese expatriates in Ghana","authors":"Isaac T. Agyei, V. Mtembu","doi":"10.4102/ac.v23i1.1124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ac.v23i1.1124","url":null,"abstract":"Orientation: Expatriates must adjust to geographical and cultural gap, a change that demands cultural intelligence (CQ). Chinese self-initiated expatriates (SIEs), who have travelled out of their own volition with no institutional support, are in Ghana for investment opportunities due to Ghana’s political stability and the recently discovered oil in commercial quantities.Research purpose: The study purpose was to examine which construct of CQ (metacognitive CQ, cognitive CQ, behavioural CQ and motivational CQ) best predicts interactional adjustment (IA) of Chinese SIEs in Ghana.Motivation for the study: These business opportunities in Ghana for the Chinese SIEs come together with a new set of challenges – inability of most Chinese SIEs to interactionally adjust to the Ghanaian cultural context. The SIEs could be particularly susceptible to cultural failure because they have no institutional support.Research design, approach and method: This study had a sample size of 397 Chinese SIEs and used quantitative design. Data for this study were gathered using an online survey and analysed using partial least square (PLS)-structural equation model. A number of fundamental analyses were performed, including a description of data entry, missing value processing, outlier handling, assessing normalcy and linearity, and analysing measurement reliability and validity issues. The bivariate correlations between principal variables were investigated.Main findings: A positive relationship between all constructs of CQ and IA of Chinese SIEs in Ghana was found by the study.Practical/managerial implications: The study suggests that cross-cultural managers and expatriate coaches should focus their training on the four constructs of CQ for effective IA of SIEs.Contribution/value added: This study contributes to CQ research on SIEs’ cross-cultural assimilation, and it will serve as a reference for further studies.","PeriodicalId":55663,"journal":{"name":"Acta Commercii","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79955733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Blockchain technology in the clearing and settlement industry in South Africa","authors":"Musimuni Dowelani, C. Okoro, A. Olaleye","doi":"10.4102/ac.v23i1.1097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ac.v23i1.1097","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55663,"journal":{"name":"Acta Commercii","volume":"66 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80133238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Internal supply chain integration during disruption recovery: A case study in the South African liquor industry","authors":"I. Wolmarans, W. Niemann","doi":"10.4102/ac.v23i1.1150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ac.v23i1.1150","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55663,"journal":{"name":"Acta Commercii","volume":"262 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77492106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The creative development process: Biographical insights on innovation in Anglophone music","authors":"D. Priilaid, C. Callaghan","doi":"10.4102/ac.v23i1.1129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ac.v23i1.1129","url":null,"abstract":"Orientation: This qualitative study follows a process of inductive theory development.Research purpose: Focussing on recent ‘pop icon’ musicians, the aim was to weave systemic insights into a holistic model that identifies some characteristics of creative development.Motivation for the study: Within the diverse literature on creativity, what seems missing is an integrative perspective of similarities in the creative path-dependent development process.Research design, approach and method: Following an in depth review of publicly available data about iconic Anglophone musical artist-musicians of the period spanning the 1960s–1980s, including Dylan, Cohen, Young and Springsteen, bibliographic and life turning-point analysis was applied to derive propositions about a path-dependent process of creative development.Main findings: The study finds that such individuals typically trace a ‘path-dependent’ trajectory of creative transition across seven stages. Sequentially, these are the stages of: (1) Pathology, (2) The Rage to Master, (3) Authenticity, (4) Perseverance, (5) Practice, (6) Perspective and (7), Accessing Flow. Drawing insights from Gardner’s theory of creative asynchrony, after which asynchronies that seem to characterise a process of negotiation and transition of conflicts across these stages was derived.Practical/managerial implications: The model derived provides useful insights into how to enable creative development for those in similar contexts.Contribution/value-add: The study provides a conceptual ordering of key biographical milestone stages and intrinsic influences explaining aspects of creative development. Thus, the study builds on previous work on the creative career development of individuals in a music industry genre and extends the literatures related to biographical analysis including personality, individual differences and turning points.","PeriodicalId":55663,"journal":{"name":"Acta Commercii","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75844013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How high-growth entities’ knowledge of small, medium and micro-enterprise policy framework impacts business performance","authors":"Zukile Nomafu, Jurie J. van Vuuren, Clint E. Davies","doi":"10.4102/ac.v23i1.1131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ac.v23i1.1131","url":null,"abstract":"Orientation: Global policy attention has shifted from start-up companies to high-growth entities (HGEs), as these entities can innovate and scale up within a short timeframe.Research purpose: This study aims to evaluate how knowledge of HGEs and use of the South African (SA) small, medium and micro-enterprise (SMME) policy framework impacts their business performance.Motivation for the study: This study aims to understand if HGEs’ knowledge and use of the SA SMME policy framework fits practical and theoretical expectations according to the theory of planned behaviour and political entrepreneurship theory. This is an understudied area of research.Research design, approach and method: The study collected data from 120 HGEs using quantitative survey, cross-sectional study methods. The data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics, this included univariate analysis of variance, Spearman correlation coefficient and Wald logistics regression analysis.Main findings: The study found weak and insufficient relations between HGEs’ knowledge and perception of the current SMME policy framework and the kind of support that HGEs require. Contrary to theoretical expectation, there is a negative correlation between HGEs’ use of government support and turnover growth. More positively, HGEs’ perception of the SMME policy is that when properly executed it will lead to positive impact for SMMEs and society.Practical/managerial implications: South Africa’s SMME policy should institute meritocratic development policies focused on separated stages of business growth as opposed to only a small-business policy currently.Contribution/value-add: A separate and specific entrepreneurial policy being implemented for HGEs will make a difference to HGEs’ business performance and contribute to job creation and other social-economic benefits.","PeriodicalId":55663,"journal":{"name":"Acta Commercii","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87522200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of institutional quality, foreign direct investment and international trade on tourism inflow, South Africa","authors":"Oyebanji J. Ibitoye, E. Kleynhans","doi":"10.4102/ac.v23i1.1111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ac.v23i1.1111","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55663,"journal":{"name":"Acta Commercii","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83667626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘It’s a natural drift alright’: From needs-based demand to technology-driven demand in business","authors":"P. Stone, G. Goldman, P. Thomas","doi":"10.4102/ac.v23i1.1143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ac.v23i1.1143","url":null,"abstract":"understand the interrelatedness of business processes. The BI model depicts a causal system, seen for many years Orientation: It is apparent that the conventional view of business ideas being born out of the needs of society is being re-conceptualised with the introduction of new technologies and as the business environment increases in complexity. Research purpose: This study set out to understand how rapid advances in technology have impacted the basic assumptions for business demand, as expressed in, for example, van der Heijden’s Business Idea model, and to comprehend how these assumptions have changed over time. Motivation for the study: This study stems from an intention to comprehend how technology has become a creator of demand. Research design, approach and method: An interpretive, grounded theory approach was followed, soliciting views from 14 senior-level managers of a global, technology-driven company by using semi-structured interviews. Interviews were analysed using a three-stage coding process. This involves subjecting data to open coding, axial coding, and selective coding. Main findings: The analytic process revealed four themes: (1) business and demand, (2) business competitiveness, (3) technology and society and (4) technology and customers. Engagement with these themes revealed that technology is changing the nature of business models, business strategy and business processes. The pace of technological development has given rise to dynamic marketplace changes, where companies use new technologies to develop innovative product offerings that lead to more dynamic business models, processes and structures. In so doing, technology has become a driver of demand. Practical/Managerial implications: Business leaders should take note that technological changes have a potential impact on the future strategy of companies, as this requires an alignment of these changes with supporting business processes. Contribution/Value-add: With cognisance of the central role technology is playing in the contemporary business environment, as a driver of demand, this study proposes a technology-driven demand (TDD) framework, as a re-evaluation of van der Heijden’s Business Idea model.","PeriodicalId":55663,"journal":{"name":"Acta Commercii","volume":"98 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76566796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}