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

dc.contributor.advisorFisher, Gregen
dc.contributor.emailichelp@gibs.co.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateSt Quintin, Paulen
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-07T04:50:33Z
dc.date.available2011-10-04en
dc.date.available2013-09-07T04:50:33Z
dc.date.created2011-04-12en
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.date.submitted2011-07-16en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.en
dc.description.abstractThis 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.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en
dc.identifier.citationSt 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.otherF11/530/agen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07162011-151116/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/26356
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 Pretoria.en
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subjectEntrepreneurial intenten
dc.subjectInterpreneurial self-efficacyen
dc.subjectEntrepreneurial interesten
dc.subjectCognitive styleen
dc.subjectSubjective normsen
dc.subjectRole modelsen
dc.titleTo be or not to be – factors that influence entrepreneurial intention : a Botswana studyen
dc.typeDissertationen

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