Motivation of entrepreneurs in South Africa

dc.contributor.advisorBeaty, Daviden
dc.contributor.emailichelp@gibs.co.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateKaymak, Mehmet Selimen
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-06T16:58:30Z
dc.date.available2011-05-23en
dc.date.available2013-09-06T16:58:30Z
dc.date.created2010-11-10en
dc.date.issued2011-05-23en
dc.date.submitted2011-04-30en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2011.en
dc.description.abstractThis 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. Copyrighten
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dc.description.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en
dc.identifier.citationKaymak, 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.other213/agen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04302011-213030/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/24244
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_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 Pretorien
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subjectMotivationen
dc.subjectEntrepreneuren
dc.subjectSouth africaen
dc.subjectEntrepreneurial motivationen
dc.titleMotivation of entrepreneurs in South Africaen
dc.typeDissertationen

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