{"id":5158,"date":"2025-06-19T23:32:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/effect-of-working-capital-management-on-financial-performance-of-a-state-owned-enterprise-in-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T03:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:19:09","slug":"effect-of-working-capital-management-on-financial-performance-of-a-state-owned-enterprise-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/effect-of-working-capital-management-on-financial-performance-of-a-state-owned-enterprise-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Effect of Working Capital Management on Financial Performance of a State-Owned Enterprise in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>Effect of Working Capital Management on Financial Performance of a State-Owned Enterprise in South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/991' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/991\/802' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have reportedly found it difficult to conserve their financial position in order to improve financial performance. Working capital management (WCM) is a significant component of financial management practices by which firms can be measured and improve financial performance. The study aims to examine the employees\u2019 perceptions of the effect of WCM on financial performance of an SOE in South Africa. Cross-sectional, quantitative research and questionnaire approaches were used to collect data from 51 respondents. The study identified the gaps in cash management. The regression coefficient suggests that there is a strong causal relationship between WCM and financial performance of the firm (r=0.597; p<0.001). The F test indicates that the relationship is statistically significant (p<0.001). It was found that review of WCM accounts for 35.7% (R2 = 0.357) of the variance in finance performance F (1, 49) = 27.1560, p<.000 and it (review of WCM) is also a significant predictor of financial performance, where the relationship was positive (\u03b2 = 0.597, p<.001). The studyrecommends that the SOE considers WCM as a tool for its economic growth.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sizwe Perfect Ayanda Ntuli (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Zwelihle Wiseman Nzuza (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>working capital management, financial performance, state-owned enterprise<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: Effect of Working Capital Management on Financial Performance of a State-Owned Enterprise in South&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[2153,1519,1948,1947],"class_list":["post-5158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-ajims","tag-financial-performance","tag-state-owned-enterprise","tag-working-capital-management","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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