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Journal article
Published: 13 June 2019 in Sustainability
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This study makes a significant contribution towards theory and knowledge of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) within the social sustainability discourse. The study focused on investigating if SMEs in developing economies directly benefit from practising social sustainability through examining the relationship between social sustainability and financial performance, customer satisfaction as well as employee satisfaction. A total of 238 SMEs from the Limpopo province of South Africa were surveyed through a self-administered questionnaire at the hand of convenience sampling technique. The hypotheses in the study were assessed through structural equation modelling (SEM) through AMOS software version 25. The study results revealed that all three postulated hypotheses were supported. Thus, social sustainability was found to be positively and significantly associated with financial performance, customer satisfaction performance as well as employee satisfaction performance. The findings in this study indicate that by practising social sustainability, SMEs potentially benefit on a broader performance spectrum.

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Reginald Masocha. Social Sustainability Practices on Small Businesses in Developing Economies: A Case of South Africa. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3257 .

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Reginald Masocha. Social Sustainability Practices on Small Businesses in Developing Economies: A Case of South Africa. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (12):3257.

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Reginald Masocha. 2019. "Social Sustainability Practices on Small Businesses in Developing Economies: A Case of South Africa." Sustainability 11, no. 12: 3257.

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Published: 24 October 2018 in Sustainability
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This study investigated the question of whether environmental sustainability influences firm performance. Firm performance, a multidimensional construct, was researched utilizing innovation, ecological and social measures on the premises of SMEs in South Africa. Thus, the study hypothesized that environmental sustainability is positively and significantly related to innovation, ecological and social measures of firm performance. A cross-sectional research design was adopted in this study to test the abovementioned hypotheses. A total of 208 self-administered questionnaires distributed to SME owners and managers were analyzed utilizing structural equation modelling (SEM) and Amos Version 24 software. Primarily, the study established that environmental sustainability was significantly and positively correlated to all three measures of firm performance used in this study. Thus, the inferences from the findings suggest that environmental sustainability practices contribute positively towards firm innovation, ecological and social performances. The findings of this study greatly contribute towards the practice and theory of small businesses and firm performance by providing a more specific and streamlined perspective for approaching firm performance.

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Reginald Masocha. Does Environmental Sustainability Impact Innovation, Ecological and Social Measures of Firm Performance of SMEs? Evidence from South Africa. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3855 .

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Reginald Masocha. Does Environmental Sustainability Impact Innovation, Ecological and Social Measures of Firm Performance of SMEs? Evidence from South Africa. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (11):3855.

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Reginald Masocha. 2018. "Does Environmental Sustainability Impact Innovation, Ecological and Social Measures of Firm Performance of SMEs? Evidence from South Africa." Sustainability 10, no. 11: 3855.

Journal article
Published: 27 August 2018 in Sustainability
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The study sought to examine the role that coercive isomorphic pressures play in the sustainable development practices by small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The survey research approach was utilised in the research through 222 self-administered questionnaires distributed to SME owners and managers. The structural equation modelling (SEM) method was utilised to analyse the data through the Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) method in Amos Version 24 software. Major findings in this study are that coercive isomorphic pressures have a significant impact on all the three dimensions of sustainable development which are economic, environmental and social. The implications are that government, environmental pressure groups and other stakeholders need to take into consideration the coercive pressures such as laws and regulations in pressuring small businesses to enhance sustainability practices. The research contributes by unearthing the extent to which coercive pressures impact the behaviour and practices of SMEs in sustainability practices. The study indicates that eventually small firms are expected to behave the same when it comes to adopting sustainability practices due to coercive isomorphism. The findings of this study further contribute toward understanding the concept of sustainable development in practice and theory.

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Reginald Masocha; Olawale Fatoki. The Impact of Coercive Pressures on Sustainability Practices of Small Businesses in South Africa. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3032 .

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Reginald Masocha, Olawale Fatoki. The Impact of Coercive Pressures on Sustainability Practices of Small Businesses in South Africa. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (9):3032.

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Reginald Masocha; Olawale Fatoki. 2018. "The Impact of Coercive Pressures on Sustainability Practices of Small Businesses in South Africa." Sustainability 10, no. 9: 3032.

Journal article
Published: 20 April 2018 in Sustainability
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The study surveyed 222 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from the Limpopo province of South Africa on the impact of mimicry isomorphism in making sustainable development operational. The research made use of self-administered questionnaires which were distributed, and the convenience sampling technique was used. Data analysis primarily comprised of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) through SPSS software version 24 confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modelling (SEM) through AMOS software version 24. The SEM results revealed that all three measured dimensions of sustainable development—namely, economic, environmental, and social—were significantly influenced by mimicry isomorphism. As such, the implications of the study are that strong evidence exists pertaining to the operationalisation of sustainable development due to mimetic isomorphism.

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Reginald Masocha; Olawale Fatoki. The Role of Mimicry Isomorphism in Sustainable Development Operationalisation by SMEs in South Africa. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1264 .

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Reginald Masocha, Olawale Fatoki. The Role of Mimicry Isomorphism in Sustainable Development Operationalisation by SMEs in South Africa. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (4):1264.

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Reginald Masocha; Olawale Fatoki. 2018. "The Role of Mimicry Isomorphism in Sustainable Development Operationalisation by SMEs in South Africa." Sustainability 10, no. 4: 1264.

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Published: 13 July 2017 in JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
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In South Africa, SMMEs can be categorised into immigrant owned and native owned SMMEs. This paper, a quantitative research, aimed to ascertain competitive marketing approaches and major challenges pertaining to immigrant SMMEs in South Africa. At the hand of the snowball sampling technique, a total of 150 respondents as a sample size were surveyed. Data was collected through the questionnaires and data analysis included descriptive statistics and Chi-square tests. The results revealed that lack of funds and competition from other businesses, were the major challenges faced by immigrant SMMEs.

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Reginald Masocha; Busiswa Buso; Olawale Fatoki. Competitive Marketing by Immigrant SMMEs in South Africa. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES 2017, 50, 124 -132.

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Reginald Masocha, Busiswa Buso, Olawale Fatoki. Competitive Marketing by Immigrant SMMEs in South Africa. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2017; 50 (1-3):124-132.

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Reginald Masocha; Busiswa Buso; Olawale Fatoki. 2017. "Competitive Marketing by Immigrant SMMEs in South Africa." JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES 50, no. 1-3: 124-132.