The Entrepreneurship Characteristics in Relation to Improve the Performance of the Small-Scale Seaweed Entrepreneurs

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to obtain empirical evidence and find clarity about the impact of entrepreneurial characteristic related to achievement motivation and self efficacy as a latent variable exogenous to the entrepreneurial commitment as an intervening variable and its impact on the performance of seaweed entrepreneurs as an endogenous variable. The method used is survey research data collection techniques using questionnaires to determine the respondents assessment of the variables examined. The sample size of this study based on the technique of proportional cluster random sampling from the target population of small-scale seaweed entrepreneurs spread over ten districts of South Sulawesi province. Testing hypotheses using structural equation modeling analysis (SEM) based on the framework of the measurement model and the structural model of causal relationships between variables. Implication of this research is that the entrepreneurial commitment has contributed more dominant than the influence of achievement motivation and self-efficacy on seaweed entrepreneur's performance, either directly or indirectly through entrepreneurial commitment.

The Effectiveness for Regional Budget of Revenue and Expenditure as a Control Tools in Enrekang Regency Governments

“…The budget is not just a fixed number that will be implemented in the next period but is a representation of the commitment of each legislative party to work to realize short-term plans in order to achieve long-term goals [13].…”