Motivation of entrepreneurs in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisor Beaty, David en
dc.contributor.postgraduate Kaymak, Mehmet Selim en
dc.date.accessioned 2013-09-06T16:58:30Z
dc.date.available 2011-05-23 en
dc.date.available 2013-09-06T16:58:30Z
dc.date.created 2010-11-10 en
dc.date.issued 2011-05-23 en
dc.date.submitted 2011-04-30 en
dc.description Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2011. en
dc.description.abstract This study examined a sample of entrepreneurs operating in South Africa. Motivation of entrepreneurs in shopping malls in Gauteng province was investigated. A survey of 50 entrepreneurs in South Africa was conducted face-to-face interviews. Principle component analysis (PCA) identified the most important motivation factors among entrepreneurs in South Africa. Results indicated that family security and extrinsic rewards are the most important motivation factors. “To be closer to my family”, “to maintain my personal freedom” were the highly rated motivation items which were used in the questionnaire. These results were compared with the results of previous studies which examined Nigerian, Ghanaian and Kenyan entrepreneurs as well as entrepreneurs in Turkey, Venezuela, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, and India. This findings of the current study suggested that motivation factors of entrepreneurs in South Africa are different than other African countries which were used in this study as comparison countries. Copyright en
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dc.description.department Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) en
dc.identifier.citation Kaymak, MS 2010, Motivation of entrepreneurs in South Africa, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24244 > en
dc.identifier.other 213/ag en
dc.identifier.upetdurl http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04302011-213030/ en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24244
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
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dc.subject UCTD en_US
dc.subject Motivation en
dc.subject Entrepreneur en
dc.subject South africa en
dc.subject Entrepreneurial motivation en
dc.title Motivation of entrepreneurs in South Africa en
dc.type Dissertation en


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