THE IMPACT OF RAPID CHANGES ON SMALL AND MEDIUM- SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMES) IN THE IT SECTOR DUE TO COVID-19

Abstract

This research investigates the impact of COVID-19 on the SMEs’ performance. There have been rapid changes in the operations, functionality, leadership, entrepreneurship, job risk and earning. However, there is no conclusive evidence if the SMEs operating in the London has benefited more or adversely affected by the emergence of COVID-19. This cross-sectional research considered 30 SMEs (mainly operating in the IT sector) to investigate the research problem. The quantitative analysis is carried out to attain the mathematical objectivity for establishing the correlation and regression among the variables of interest. Results confirmed that there is strong negative correlation between the COVID-19, and all considered variables, except for the job risk. In other words, the job risk further escalated with the worsen situation of COVID-19. The results also showed that there are some limited advantages such as commute expense and office utility expenses has reduced, however, the work-life-balance has stressed employees further.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• Entrepreneurship
• Leadership
• Job risk

COVID-19’DAN DOLAYI KÜÇÜK VE ORTA BÜYÜKLÜKTE İŞLETMELER (KOBİ) ÜZERİNDEKİ HIZLI DEĞİŞİMLERİN BT SEKTÖRÜ ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ

Abstract

Bu araştırma COVID-19’un KOBİ performanları üzerindeki etkisini ortaya koymaktadır. Operasyonlarda, işlevsellikte, liderlikte, girişimcilikte, iş riskinde ve kazançta hızlı değişiklikler oldu. Bununla birlikte, Londra’da faaliyet gösteren KOBİ’lerin Covid-19’un ortaya çıkışından daha fazla fayda sağladığına ya da olumsuz etkilendiğini dair kesin bir kanıt bulunmamaktadır. Bu kesitsel çalışma, araştırma sorunsalını araştırmak için 30 KOBİ’yi (Çoğunlukla BT sektöründe faaliyet gösteren) dikkate almıştır. Kantitatif analiz, ilgili değişkenler arasında korelasyon ve regresyonun kurulmasına yönelik matematiksel objektifliğine ulaşmak için yapılmaktadır. Sonuçlar, COVID-19 ile iş riski dışında dikkate alınan tüm değişkenler arasında güçlü bir negatif korelasyon olduğunu doğrulamıştır. Bir başka değişle, COVID 19’un kötüleşen durumu ile iş riski daha da arttı. Sonuçlar ayrıca işe gidip gelme gideri gibi bazı sınırlı avantajların olduğunu ve ofis hizmet giderlerinin azaldığını, ancak iş-yaşam dengesinin çalışanları daha da strese soktuğunu gösterdi.

Keywords

• COVIS-19
• Girişimcilik
• Liderlik
• İş Riski

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