RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND TASK PERFORMANCE: SME STUDIES IN INDONESIA

Abstract

This research is purposed to understand and analyze the relationship between entrepreneurial
orientation (EO) and task performance (TP) in Indonesia’s small and medium enterprises
(SMEs). EO has five dimensions: autonomy, innovation, pro-activeness, competitive
aggressiveness, and risk taking, and EO is as independent variable. TP is dependent variable
that is supposedly achieved optimally by SMEs. The research uses the quantitative method,
including a survey of correlation, and is also completed by statistical indicators, regression
analysis, and a binary segmentation approach via classification and regression trees. Data
collection came from 148 entrepreneurs of SMEs scale in Indonesia for April 2018. The
results of this research indicate that entrepreneurs in Indonesia tend to have medium
performance and are wrongly oriented toward entrepreneurship, even though entrepreneurial
orientation is the most determinant variable in realizing the task performance of entrepreneurs
in Indonesia.