Rosli  Mahmood, Hatinah  Abu Bakar, 
    Examining Strategic Improvisation Andperformance Relationship INTHE SMES: Moderating Role of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy,
    International Business Management,
    Volume 10,Issue 13,
    2016,
    Pages 2535-2540,
    ISSN 1993-5250,
    ibm.2016.2535.2540,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.2535.2540)
    Abstract: The aim of this research is to examine the relationship betweenstrategic improvisation and performance of Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The study also seeks to determine the moderating effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy on the strategic improvisation and performance relationship. Based on the theoretical consideration, a model was proposed to examine these relationships. Quantitative survey method was employed and data were collected from the owner/managers who were randomly selected from a sampling frame of registered SMEs.A total of 368 usable responses were received from a total of 1920 distributed questionnaires,giving a response rate of 19.2%. Partial Least Square (PLS) structural equation modelling was used for the data analysis. The findings revealed that significant relationship exists between strategic improvisation and performance and that entrepreneurial self-efficacyplays a moderating role in the strategic improvisation and performance relationship.
    Keywords: performance;entrepreneurial self-efficacy;Strategic improvisation;small and medium enterprises