To be or not to be – factors that influence entrepreneurial intention : a Botswana study

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dc.contributor.advisor Fisher, Greg en
dc.contributor.postgraduate St Quintin, Paul en
dc.date.accessioned 2013-09-07T04:50:33Z
dc.date.available 2011-10-04 en
dc.date.available 2013-09-07T04:50:33Z
dc.date.created 2011-04-12 en
dc.date.issued 2010 en
dc.date.submitted 2011-07-16 en
dc.description Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. en
dc.description.abstract This study explores whether final year university students possess entrepreneurial intention and which factors determine such a career choice. A quantitative study of 228 fourth year undergraduate students from the University of Botswana was undertaken to investigate the relationship between entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial self-efficacy and whether this is influenced by internal and environmental factors. This study offers empirical proof that entrepreneurial interests lead to entrepreneurial intent when students posses entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Students with a creative cognitive style show strong entrepreneurial intent irrespective of the level of self-concept. It is suggested that environmental factors do not have a significant influence on the decision to pursue self-employment. en
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dc.description.department Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) en
dc.identifier.citation St Quintin, P 2010, To be or not to be – factors that influence entrepreneurial intention : a Botswana study, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26356 > en
dc.identifier.other F11/530/ag en
dc.identifier.upetdurl http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07162011-151116/ en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26356
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
dc.rights © 2010 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. en
dc.subject UCTD en_US
dc.subject Entrepreneurial intent en
dc.subject Interpreneurial self-efficacy en
dc.subject Entrepreneurial interest en
dc.subject Cognitive style en
dc.subject Subjective norms en
dc.subject Role models en
dc.title To be or not to be – factors that influence entrepreneurial intention : a Botswana study en
dc.type Dissertation en


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