Antecedents of a sustainable small and midsized enterprises in the tourism sector of a developing nation

Amoah, John; Jibril, Abdul Bashiru; Metzker, Zdenko; Odei, Michael Amponsah

dc.title	Antecedents of a sustainable small and midsized enterprises in the tourism sector of a developing nation	en
dc.contributor.author	Amoah, John
dc.contributor.author	Jibril, Abdul Bashiru
dc.contributor.author	Metzker, Zdenko
dc.contributor.author	Odei, Michael Amponsah
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the International Conference on Tourism Research
dc.identifier.issn	2516-3612 Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-912764-93-8
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.citation.spage	44
dc.citation.epage	52
dc.event.title	4th International Conference on Tourism Research, ICTR 2021
dc.event.location	Vila do Conde
utb.event.state-en	Portugal
utb.event.state-cs	Portugalsko
dc.event.sdate	2021-05-20
dc.event.edate	2021-05-21
dc.type	conferenceObject
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited
dc.identifier.doi	10.34190/IRT.21.003
dc.relation.uri	https://www.proquest.com/docview/2555428654/4C644A732B1542DEPQ/1?accountid=15518
dc.subject	developing nation	en
dc.subject	small and medium enterprise (SME’s)	en
dc.subject	sustainability	en
dc.subject	tourism	en
dc.description.abstract	The main purpose of this present study is to elucidate the potential factors that have sustained the small and medium enterprises in the tourism sector in a developing nation like Ghana. Having considering the developmental contributions from the SMEs in the tourism sector to the nation, is it extremely important to dissect this course. The sustainability of SMEs in the tourism sector has always become an issue of discussion. It is of this course that the researchers took the step. A questionnaire of 102 responses was therefore received from the employees of the selected SMEs in the central of the country out of the 120 administered. A quantitative approach method was therefore deployed for the study. The selec-tion of the respondents for the data collection was by non-probability sampling technique specifically convenience sampling. A PLS-SEM software version ADANCO 2.0 version to use in data analysis. Consequently, the present study is beneficial to both industry players or policymakers in the sector of tourism among SMEs and has a valuable contribution to the literature by adding more knowledge positively to the positive factors contributing to the sustainability of tourism in developing na-tions using Ghana. © the authors, 2021. All Rights Reserved.	en
utb.faculty	Faculty of Management and Economics
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10563/1010623
utb.identifier.obdid	43882685
utb.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-85117255281
utb.source	d-scopus
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-01T19:57:44Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-01T19:57:44Z
dc.description.sponsorship	Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně: IGA/FaME/2021/005
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Amoah, John
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Jibril, Abdul Bashiru
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Metzker, Zdenko
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Odei, Michael Amponsah
utb.fulltext.affiliation	John Amoah, Abdul Bashiru Jibril, Zdenko Metzker and Michael Amponsah Odei Tomas Bata University, Czech Republic amoah@utb.cz jibril@utb.cz Metzker@utb.cz Odei@utb.cz
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utb.fulltext.sponsorship	This work is supported by Tomas Bata University in Zlin through; IGA/FaME/2021/005. Significant factors in the sustainability of economic growth with a focus on the SME segment.
utb.scopus.affiliation	Tomas Bata University, Czech Republic
utb.fulltext.projects	IGA/FaME/2021/005
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