Informal entrepreneurship in the tourism sector : how entrepreneurs’ motives and capital contribute to business success

dc.contributor.authorFourie, Alicia
dc.contributor.authorSaayman, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorBlaauw, Derick
dc.contributor.emailFourieA@gibs.co.za
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-08T10:23:11Z
dc.date.available2025-07-08T10:23:11Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractInformal entrepreneurship is woven into the economic fabric of South Africa’s tourism sector. Some people are ‘pushed’ into the sector by a lack of opportunities in the formal economy; others are ‘pulled’ into the informal sector by the prospect of better livelihoods, independence and personal fulfilment. Starting any business requires different types of capital (financial, social, human and psychological). While many studies have explored these aspects in relation to entrepreneurs/firms in the formal sector, how they impact the informal sector is less well understood. In this study, we examined the relationships between informal entrepreneurs’ motives, the different forms of capital available to them, and business success. Data were collected through structured questionnaires in three major South African cities. Multivariate statistics and quantile regression analysis revealed synergies between capital types and entrepreneurial motives, highlighting that success reflects not only the availability of capital but also the effective strategic utilisation of resources.
dc.description.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)
dc.description.librarianhj2025
dc.description.sdgSDG-08: Decent work and economic growth
dc.description.sponsorshipThe University of Pretoria.
dc.description.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/home/TEU
dc.identifier.citationFourie, A., Saayman, A. & Blaauw, D. (2025). Informal entrepreneurship in the tourism sector : how entrepreneurs’ motives and capital contribute to business success. Tourism Economics, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13548166251355647.
dc.identifier.issn1354-8166 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2044-0375 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1177/13548166251355647
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/103228
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2025. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
dc.subjectInformal sector
dc.subjectEntrepreneurial motives
dc.subjectSocial capital
dc.subjectFinancial capital
dc.subjectHuman capital
dc.subjectPsychological capital
dc.subjectQuantile regressions
dc.subjectFactor analysis
dc.titleInformal entrepreneurship in the tourism sector : how entrepreneurs’ motives and capital contribute to business success
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