Orientation: Small businesses’ contribution to economic growth and employment creation cannot be disputed in South Africa, amid operating in an environment that is highly competitive and reports of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) high failure rates, in general. In view of this, and to our knowledge, no known theoretical study has been conducted in South Africa examining how certain environmental factors might influence the use of appropriate resourcing strategies for improved small businesses’ performance. Research purpose: This theoretical article investigates the relationships between environmental influences, employee resourcing strategies and business performance among South African small restaurants. Motivation for the study: There is a paucity of literature that has explored whether a relationship exists between the three variables among small restaurant businesses in South Africa, justifying the need for such an investigation. Research approach/design and method: This article, which is conceptual in nature, adopted a systematic literature review which entails combining all existing research literature related to the three variables so as to arrive at logical inferences. Main findings: The research contends that a relationship exists between the three variables. Practical/managerial implications: Small businesses need to be aware of the environmental influences that may contribute to business failure so that they attune employee resourcing strategies to the environment to achieve high performance. Contribution/value add: The article contributes to extant literature on the interplay between environmental factors, resourcing strategies and firm performance in small restaurant businesses of emerging economies.

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环境影响，员工资源配置策略和中小企业绩效：南非小餐馆案例

方向：在竞争激烈的环境中运营的小型企业对南非经济增长和创造就业机会的贡献不容置疑，而且据报中小型企业（SME）的失效率很高。有鉴于此，据我们所知，南非尚未进行任何已知的理论研究，来研究某些环境因素如何影响使用适当的资源配置策略来改善小型企业的绩效。研究目的：这篇理论文章调查了南非小餐馆之间的环境影响，员工资源配置策略和业务绩效之间的关系。研究动机：很少有文献探讨南非小型餐馆企业之间的三个变量之间是否存在关系，因此有必要进行此类调查。研究方法/设计和方法：本文本质上是概念性的，采用了系统的文献综述，其中包括将与这三个变量相关的所有现有研究文献进行合并，以得出逻辑推断。主要发现：研究认为这三个变量之间存在关系。实际/管理上的含义：小型企业需要意识到可能导致企业倒闭的环境影响，以便他们调整员工对环境的资源配置策略以实现高性能。贡献/增值：