Zusammenfassung
The academic literature has provided substantial
amount of suggestions on broad concepts of business fostering
peace in the community just by doing its operations properly.
However, many could contend if these businesses could be
urged to perform larger roles as agents for peace.
Consequently, the desire to have businesses, particularly the
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME), to act as key
players in peacebuilding largely depends on the understanding
of what could motivate them in acting such key role and what
could possibly hinder them in doing the same. Thus, this study
is an exploration of the motivators and challenges of MSMEs
in acting as main agents for peacebuilding. The study utilized
a descriptive research design involving thirty conveniently
sampled MSMEs in Butuan City, Philippines. A researchermade
questionnaire was used as data gathering tool. A
multivariate analysis was done to analyse the effect of
participation and perceived risk in the identified motivators
and barriers. The results of the study revealed thatinternal
motivators are the greatest motivators in acting for peace.In
addition, financial and political reasons are strong barriers for
MSMEs to participate in peacebuilding. Finally, the study
found that Level of Perceived Risk and Participation
significantly affects the type of motivators and barriers
MSMEs face in peacebuilding movements.
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