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    Entrepreneurial Competences, Innovative Work Behaviour and Business Resilience among Women owned Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Kampala Capital City Authority.
    (Makerere University Business School, 2025-08-11) Namulindwa, Lynette
    The study sought to establish the relationship between entrepreneurial competences, innovative work behavior and business resilience among women owned SMEs in Kampala Capital City Authority. The objectives of the study were to; examine the relationship between entrepreneurial competencies and business resilience, assess the relationship between innovative work behavior and business resilience, and study the combined effect of entrepreneurial competencies, innovative work behavior and business resilience among women owned SMEs in Kampala Capital City Authority. The study adopted across sectional, descriptive research designs and a quantitative approach because of the intent of capturing the objective opinions of the respondents. A sample size of 375 women owned SMEs was selected. Stratified proportionate sampling procedure was used to select the respondents from each stratum. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 25. The results revealed that there is a positive and significant relation between entrepreneurial competences and business resilience (r=.425**, p<.01). The findings also revealed that innovative work behavior is positive and significantly related to business resilience (r=.337**, p<.01). Further, the findings also revealed that entrepreneurial competences and work behavior explain 63% variations in business resilience. Overall, entrepreneurial competences were found to be a key predictor of business resilience among women owned SMEs in Kampala Capital City Authority. The study concludes that entrepreneurial competences is a major predictor of business resilience of women owned SMEs in Kampala district Uganda. The study also concludes that innovative work behavior is key to fostering business resilience. The study also concludes that entrepreneurial competences and innovative work behavior are key predictors of business resilience among women-owned SMEs in the context of Kampala District. The study recommends that there is need for women owned enterprises to develop competences such as skills, attitudes, knowledge and experience because these have been confirmed to be key in ensuring that their businesses are resilient. Further, the study also recommends that entrepreneurial competences and innovative work behavior of women owned SMEs in Kampala district are important for fostering business resilience. In a nutshell, there is a need for government to support women through funding at low interest rates, to enable them remain financially resilient.