The role of social capital and entrepreneurial orientation in developing tourism SMEs resilience
List of Authors
  • Azlan Amran , Say Keat Ooi

Keyword
  • Social capital, Resilience, Entrepreneurial orientation, SME, Tourism.

Abstract
  • This paper aims to propose a framework that may enhance business resiliency of the tourism SMEs through social capital and entrepreneurial orientation. The claim that there has been a dearth of research models in this area through a systematic review triggered the development of a moderation model to understand the relationship between social capital and entrepreneurial orientation towards enhancing business resiliency of the tourism SMEs. Based on an extensive literature review, a total of two propositions were proposed to understand the relationship between social capital, entrepreneurial orientation, and business resilience. This study is important to the management of tourism SMEs as it shows that management of SME could be improved, recovered, and sustained business resiliency through social capital and entrepreneurial orientation. There are only a few research studies related to the contribution of social capital and entrepreneurial orientation to business resilient of tourism SMEs. This study demonstrates the moderating role of entrepreneurial orientation on the relationship between social capital and business resilience.

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