| Naslov: | When crisis support fails : relational substitution and strategic continuity in South African SMEs |
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| Avtorji: | ID Loubser Strydom, Carin (Avtor)
ID Logožar, Klavdij (Avtor) |
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| Datoteke: |  https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/16/7/308
 RAZ_Loubser_Strydom_Carin_2026.pdf (804,48 KB)
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| Jezik: | Angleški jezik |
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| Vrsta gradiva: | Pregledno delo |
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| Tipologija: | 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek |
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| Organizacija: | EPF - Ekonomsko-poslovna fakulteta
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| Opis: | Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are particularly vulnerable when crisis support systems are delayed, unreliable, or difficult to access. This study examines how South African SMEs maintained strategic continuity during COVID-19 by developing the concept of relational substitution, defined as a process in which owner-managers compensate for weak formal support by internalizing continuity work within the employment relationship. The study is based on a secondary qualitative analysis of 16 semi-structured interviews with SME owners in the Western Cape, South Africa, complemented by a targeted evidence review to inform boundary-condition assessment. The findings show that owner-managers assembled relational continuity bundles that combined labor flexibility, retention intent, transparent communication, and visible well-being support. Owners presented these bundles as efforts to sustain cooperation, trust, and operational functioning when enacted through fairness logics such as voice, transparency, equal sacrifice, and relational care. The study contributes to SME resilience and management and organization studies by distinguishing relational substitution from sustainable human resource management, organizational justice, relational leadership, and institutional fragility, and by specifying the firm-level and institutional conditions under which this mechanism is more likely to support strategic continuity. |
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| Ključne besede: | small and medium-sized enterprises, strategic continuity, relational substitution, SME resilience, crisis support, institutional fragility, South Africa |
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| Status publikacije: | Objavljeno |
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| Verzija publikacije: | Objavljena publikacija |
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| Poslano v recenzijo: | 27.05.2026 |
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| Datum sprejetja članka: | 22.06.2026 |
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| Datum objave: | 24.06.2026 |
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| Leto izida: | 2026 |
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| Št. strani: | str. 1-23 |
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| Številčenje: | Vol. 16, issue 7, [article no.] 308 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-98823  |
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| UDK: | 658.114.2:005.334 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 284357635 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/admsci16070308 |
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| ISSN pri članku: | 2076-3387 |
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| Datum objave v DKUM: | 10.07.2026 |
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| Število ogledov: | 281 |
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| Število prenosov: | 9 |
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| Področja: | Ostalo
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