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TRA VINH PROVINCIAL PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE
TRA VINH UNIVERSITY
TRAN HUNG CUONG
EFFECTED FACTORS OF HUMAN
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: SITUATION
OF SMALL AND MEDIUM
TRADE - SERVICE COMPANIES
IN TRA VINH
Major: Business Administration
Number: 9340101
RECAPITULATING PH.D. THESIS
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
TRA VINH, 2021
Project is completed at:
Tra Vinh University
Guilde searchings:
1. Associate Professor PhD. Tu Van Binh
2. Associate Professor PhD. Huynh Quang Linh
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The thesis will be protected at
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Tra Vinh University
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 REASON TO CHOOSE THE TOPIC
Small and medium companies very important and indispensable
for a developing country, in which provides jobs and partly ensure the
social security. Moreover, Vietnam has a vastly human resource in
population size, young population and are tranferring to the stage of “
the golden population structure” with over 96,2 million people in which
2/3 of the population is the youth and in the working age. Therefore,
human resource development of small and medium enterprises is
considered a central issue for the development of the country, according
to Echdar's human capital theory (2013), this is one of the activities.
The most important thing for a business to manage human capital well
is to develop that capital or develop human resources to create a
sustainable competitive advantage for the business.. Meanwhile,
Yawson (2013) said that there is a difference between theory and
practice of theory and systematic thinking in research and practice on
human resource development; Uaron (2017) human capital theory is the
capital that companies should invest in if they believe in the future
human resource investment which is the recently practical importance
for with companies.
According to a research in 2019, Vietnam has around 508.770
small and medium companies (SMC) in the Trade - Service sector with
nearly 36% labour compared to the other sectors. By the end of 2019,
Tra Vinh province had 2.183 enterprises, with 88.046 employees,
especially SMCs in the Trade and Service sector were 1.216 enterprises,
with about 10.008 employees. Besides, it requires clarifying the
achievements and limitations of SMC nowadays, from there as a basis
to output the management function to develop human resources for
SMEs in Tra Vinh province is a highly current issue and practical in the
current period, so the study "Effected factors of human resource
development: situation of small and medium Trade - service companies
in Tra Vinh" is a practical issue. in theory and practice.
The gaps of the research:
Kunio (1989) proposed a conceptual model to analyse, support to
the development of human resouce, Sredl and Rothwell (1997)
developed the frame of neccesary definitions for researchers. Later, a
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number of empirical studies on human resource development of small
and medium companies continued to apply research in Europe and
America.
The emirical studies on the effects of the factors to human
resource of small and medium companies of Frank and Mridula (2018),
Katarzyna (2019), Zeqir and Ymer (2019), Nguyen Thanh Vu (2015),
Ha Thi Duy Linh (2019),… are suitable for the state of business
development in Vietnam, therefore, it is possible to apply and approach
the research models of the above authors but must adjust and add some
new factors to suit the field of SMC in Tra Vinh province.
Most of the previous studies have not studied the factors affecting
human resource development: The situations of Tra Vinh small and
medium companies in the research periods.
In Vietnam up to this point, the author has not seen any scientific
researches on the factors affecting human resource development: The
case of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Trade - Service
industry.
1.2 ENQUIRIES AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY
1.2.1 Research enquiries
In order to solve the research problems, this research looks for
the answers of the following questions:
What components measure human resource development of
SMEs in the trade and service industry?
What is the difference in the scale of human resource
development of SMCs with previous and actual studies at businesses in
the trade and service industry?
How to quantify the factors affecting human resource
development of SMCs in the trade and service industry?
What should be done to improve the human resource
development of SMCs in the trade and service industry in the coming
time?
1.2.2 General objectives
Researching on factors affecting human resource development: In
case of the small and medium companies in the Trade and Service
sector in Tra Vinh province, in order to analyse, evaluate and make new
contributions to the theoretical base, on the basis of which proposes
governance implications to perfect the admission factors to human
resource development of SMCs, contributing to improving the
performance of local businesses.
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1.2.3 Purpose in details
The study aims to the following requirement and objectives:
Identifying the components of human resource development of
SMCs in the trade and service sector.
Evaluating and developing the scale components of the factors
affecting the development of human resources of SMCs in the trade and
service sector.
Test the scale and theoretical model of factors affecting the
development of human resources of SMCs in the trade and service
sector.
Proposing the governance implications for the development of
human resources of SMCs in the trade and service sector.
1.3 RESEARCH SUBJECTS AND SURVEY SUBJECTS
1.3.1 Research subjects
Thesis researches on factors affecting human resources
development of SMCs in the trade and service sector in Tra Vinh
province
1.3.2 Survey Subjects
Survey of SMCs in the trade and service sector operating in Tra
Vinh province
1.4 RESEARCH SCOPE
1.4.1 Research Content limitation
The thesis is only limited to research in the scope of human
resource development and the evaluation of business owners, analyzing
the relationship between factors affecting the development of human
resources in SMCs in the trade and service sector of Tra Vinh province.
1.4.2 Space Limitation
The time of the secondary data is used for research related to
SMEs in the trade and service industry of Tra Vinh province from 2017
to 2019 operating under the Enterprise Law, specifically the types of
businesses without home capital. the country belongs to the trade and
service industry. The thesis does not study state-owned enterprises,
foreign-owned enterprises, cooperatives, and households.
1.4.3 Time Limitation
Primary data used for analysis in the thesis are collected directly
from the surveyed subjects in 2019.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODS
This research is mainly based on two main research methods:
qualitative research and quantitative analysis.