Managerial Competencies and Business Continuity: A Review of Literature
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Date
2023-02
Authors
Kabii, Lydia Kellen Kainyu
Kinyua, Godfrey
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Publisher
IJERN
Abstract
Over the years, businesses have been finding it difficult to survive, making business life expectancy
become shorter and shorter; increasing companies that have closed. These failures are highly
threatening business continuity. Although empirical research has associated business continuity
with managerial competencies, there is no compelling evidence from the extant empirical literature
that managerial competencies are related to business continuity. Critical functions of managerial
competencies have not been properly integrated into the business world, resulting in a mismatch
between theory and reality. This is casting doubt on the validity of dominating findings in terms of
the link between managerial competencies and business continuity. So, comprehensive analysis is
required to reach to an agreement on the exact connection between managerial competencies and
business continuity, a knowledge gap that this study sought to find. This paper reviewed conceptual,
theoretical as well as extant empirical literature on the relationship between managerial
competencies and business continuity with the view of highlighting the knowledge gaps suitable to
form basis for future research. Through the review of empirical literature, the paper was able to
construct a conceptual context highlighting the historical background of the key constructs, their
perspectives as well as the way they are measured and adopted. The paper revealed a relationship
between managerial competencies and business continuity as well as the mediating effect of
competitive advantage and the moderating effect of market dynamism on this relationship. Guided
by this review, the paper suggests a theoretical model to explain managerial competencies
components; communication competencies, leadership competencies, teamwork competencies and
planning competencies as factors influencing business continuity where competitive advantage
mediated the relationship as market dynamism had a moderating effect on the relationship between
managerial competencies and business continuity.
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Keywords
Business Continuity, Competitive Advantage, Market Dynamism, Managerial Competencies
Citation
Kabii, L. K. K., & Kinyua, G. (2023). Managerial Competencies and Business Continuity: A Review of Literature. International Journal of Education and Research, 11(2).