Financial Literacy in Micro-Scale Enterprises Operating in Forest Products Sector Sample of Gumushane, Turkey/Financijska pismenost u mikropoduzecima sektora prerade drva: provincija Gumushane, Turska

Enterprises are one of the main components of the economic system and they are indispensable for maintaining the sustainability of economic activities. The majority of these enterprises are small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs). Sustainability of SMEs depends on their good financial management. I...

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Published inDrvna industrija Vol. 73; no. 1; p. 3
Main Authors Top, Yener, Ozbek, Adem
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sveuciliste U Zagrebu 01.03.2022
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Summary:Enterprises are one of the main components of the economic system and they are indispensable for maintaining the sustainability of economic activities. The majority of these enterprises are small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs). Sustainability of SMEs depends on their good financial management. Inadequate financial literacy causes SMEs' owners to make inaccurate financial decisions. The forest products sector is mostly composed of micro-scale enterprises in which financial problems are common. Therefore, this study aims to reveal the financial literacy status of the owners of micro-scale and wood-processing enterprises. For this purpose, 78 enterprises were selected as study population. Data were collected by applying a structured questionnaire to 43 of these companies by the face-to-face interview method. The structured questionnaire consisted of multiple-choice and open-ended questions and statements prepared on the Five Likert scales. Data were analysed by using the Independent-Sample T-Test, Mann-Whitney U-Test and correlation test. The reliability coefficient of the data was found to be 0.791. Of the enterprises, 58 % produced in the furniture sub-sector and 42 % in the wood products sub-sector This study provides evidence that there was no statistically significant difference between the knowledge means of economics and financial behaviour of the furniture and wood products sectors. However, the enterprise owners' knowledge of financial analysis positively affected their financial literacy and financial behaviour. KEYWORDS: wood products; financial literacy; micro-sized enterprises; furniture Jedna od glavnih sastavnica gospodarskog sustava jesu poduzeca kao komponenta neophodna za odrzivost gospodarskih aktivnosti. Vecina njih su mala i srednja poduzeca. Odrzivost malih i srednjih poduzeca ovisi o njihovu dobrom financijskom upravljanju. Neadekvatna financijska pismenost vlasnika tih poduzeca nerijetko je uzrok donosenja pogresnih financijskih odluka. Sektor prerade i obrade drva vecinom se sastoji od mikropoduzeca u kojima su financijski problemi uobicajeni. Stogaje cilj ovog rada bio otkriti razinu financijske pismenosti vlasnika mikropoduzeca za preradu drva, zbog cegaje istrazeno 78 poduzeca. Podatci su prikupljeni unutar 43 poduzeca uz pomoc strukturiranog upitnika, metodom osobnog intervjua. Upitnik se sastojao od otvorenih pitanja i pitanja s visestrukim odgovorima te tvrdnji pripremljenih na Likertovoj Ijestvici s pet stupnjeva. Rezultati su analizirani primjenom T-testa, Mann-Whitneyjeva U-testa i korelacijskog testa. Utvrdeno je da je koeficijent pouzdanosti podataka 0,791. Podsektoruproizvodnje namjestoja pripadalo je 58 %poduzeca, a podsektoru proizvoda od drva 42 % njih. Ova je studija pokazala da nema statisticki znacajne razlike u znanju iz ekonomije i financijskog ponasanja izmedu poduzeca u podsektoru proizvodnje namjestaja i onih u podsektoru proizvoda od drva. Medutim, poznavanje financijske analize vlasnika poduzeca pozitivno je utjecalo na njihovu financijsku pismenost i financijsko ponasanje. KLJUCNE RIJECI: proizvodi od drva; financijska pismenost; mikropoduzeca; namjestaj
ISSN:0012-6772
DOI:10.5552/drvind.2022.2035