The Impact of Cultural Values on the Performance of Small and Medium-Enterprises (Case Study of Managers in Bechar, Algeria)

Abstract

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have experienced several developments in recent years, thanks to policies and support programs. The importance of the success of these institutions depends on a number of factors, primarily the human element. The culture of the path that emerges from the culture of society is the main influence in these institutions. We chose Bechar as the capital of the Southwest as a model for the study. The number of SMEs reached 4470 employing about 12209 workers at a low employment rate compared to the desired results of three workers in one institution, with a very low turnout rate for females compared to males. Most of them have a secondary education level in individual-owned enterprises benefiting from the State Program to Support and Recruit Youth to Build the Future in Urban Areas. Most managers and their advocates and most of the managers of these institutions lack knowledge of their culture of independence and their financial motivation to establish these institutions and to eliminate unemployment. The culture of the community has an impact on the culture of the two leaders. Bechar society has many cultural and cultural traditions that are the cause of many of the problems experienced by many small and medium enterprises in the region of Bechar, such as absenteeism and neglect, low job satisfaction, tribal, and regional, the behaviors resulting from different cultural values, contrast between the old and the modern, between the workers and managers, and between young people and the elderly, the lack of qualified competencies of scientific level, the lack of interest in the training, and composition of workers, having a negative impact on performance. We also noted the lack of exploitation of Islamic values because if they were exploited, it would have a good reflection on the performance of the process in these institutions.