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The Competencies of Managers and Their Business Success

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  • Mariola Laguna
  • Michal Wiechetek
  • Wieslaw Talik

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The article aims to explain how general and specific managerial competencies relate to the business success of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). This study was conducted among 264 managers of SMEs. SME success was measured as a subjective assessment of economic growth indicators in comparison with competitors on the market. General and specific managerial competencies were significant predictors of success in running a business. Specific managerial competencies proved to be a mediator between general competencies and SME success. This paper helps provide a better understanding of how individual differences - general and specific managerial competencies - influence entrepreneurial behavior and its outcomes.

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  • Mariola Laguna & Michal Wiechetek & Wieslaw Talik, 2012. "The Competencies of Managers and Their Business Success," Central European Business Review, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2012(3), pages 7-13.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlcbr:v:2012:y:2012:i:3:id:25:p:7-13
    DOI: 10.18267/j.cebr.25
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    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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