2013-09-092013-04-302013-09-092013-04-252012-04-302013-03-16Shezi, V 2012, Individual entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial motivations : a lifecycle perspective, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162013-110346/ >F13/4/344/zwhttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/30690Dissertation (MBA (Business Administration))--University of Pretoria, 2012.The creation of start-up businesses that are of high growth in South Africa could be achieved by understanding the entrepreneurial orientation and motivations of individuals who are already in businessThe study focused mainly on individual entrepreneurial orientation and the entrepreneurial motivations that exists in entrepreneurs different stages of the business lifecycle. The strategy of the study was a quantitative approach with a non-random convenient sample. The findings just yielded two dimensions for entrepreneurial orientation namely innovation and pro-activeness. The entrepreneurial motivations were not really clear and it was not possible to make generalisations out of the findings.en© 2012 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.UCTDIndividualEntrepeneural orientationMotivationDissertationhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162013-110346/