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Multiple Skills and Medium Enterprises’ Performance in Punjab Pakistan: A Pilot Study

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  • Israr Ahmad

    (Ph.D. Scholar School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia)

  • Dr. Shuhymee Ahmad*

    (Associate Professor School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia)

Abstract

This research study aims to assess the face validity and reliability of the construct of skills set and explore quantitatively a small sample of data on the determinants of performance of MEs in Punjab, Pakistan. The survey method approach was adopted to collect the data from MEs’ owners or managers through 41 usable questionnaires and adopted the stratified random sampling method. Therefore, validity and reliability of the instruments were examined through panel of experts from industry and academia and also small sample of the data analysed by using SPSS version 23.0 for Mac. While, results confirmed the reliability and face validity of the adapted instruments in the pilot study.

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  • Israr Ahmad & Dr. Shuhymee Ahmad*, 2018. "Multiple Skills and Medium Enterprises’ Performance in Punjab Pakistan: A Pilot Study," The Journal of Social Sciences Research, Academic Research Publishing Group, pages 44-49:4.
    • Handle: RePEc:arp:tjssrr:2018:p:44-49
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