@article{MAKHILLJEAS2019141918516,
    title = {Towards a Better Understanding of Project Management Assets and
Employee Performance of Quality: An Empirical Study Within
State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in the UAE},
    journal = {Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences},
    volume = {14},
    number = {19},
    pages = {6934-6946},
    year = {2019},
    issn = {1816-949x},
    doi = {jeasci.2019.6934.6946},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-949x&doi=jeasci.2019.6934.6946},
    author = {Mohammad,Mohammed,Gamal,Ali and},
    keywords = {Project management assets,employee performance,state-owned enterprises,VRIO,UAE,SOE},
    abstract = {In today’s competitive business environment, organizations are focusing on project management
assets which are becoming an integral part of every aspect and activity and thus has a profound impact on the
performance of the employees. State Owned Enterprises (SOE) of Abu Dhabi are the focus of this study as they
are considered the key economic power-house both at the local and federal government levels. Applying a
resource-based analysis, namely the VRIO framework (VRIO is an acronym for Value, Rarity, Imitability and
Organisation) to examine the effect of these assets on employees performance in terms of quality. The data was
collected from 539 employees of State Owned Enterprises (SOE) of Abu Dhabi and analysed using Structural
Equation Modelling (SEM) via. SmartPLS 3.0. There were two main results first, value, rarity, imitability and
organization have a positive impact on quality second, the proposed model explained 61% of the variance in
quality. Theoretical and practical implications are also provided.}
    }