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The effects of personality and uncertainty on the decision making process and new venture outcomes of South African entrepreneurs
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23767 The effects of personality and uncertainty on the decision making process and new venture outcomes of South African entrepreneurs Fisher, Greg mikegbean@gmail.com Bean, Michael UCTD Personality Causation Entrepreneurship Uncertainty Venture growth Effectuation Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. Recent research has concluded that personality factors influence entrepreneurial success. This study used a causal steps approach, to test a model that included effectuation and causation decision processes as mediators and environmental uncertainty as a moderator, in the relationship between personality and venture success. Conscientiousness and openness, two relevant big five personality dimensions, were shown to be positively related to the use of causation and effectuation decision logic depending on the level of uncertainty in the environment. The level of causation was further linked to venture revenue growth being more successful in low uncertainty environments supporting its nomination as a mediator for personality. Consequences for entrepreneurship research are discussed and recommendations made for further research in this area. Copyright Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T15:52:47Z 2011-05-10 2013-09-06T15:52:47Z 2011-04-20 2010 2011-04-04 Dissertation Bean, M 2010, The effects of personality and uncertainty on the decision making process and new venture outcomes of South African entrepreneurs , MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23767 > F11/111/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23767 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04042011-155137/ © 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 application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Personality Causation Entrepreneurship Uncertainty Venture growth Effectuation The effects of personality and uncertainty on the decision making process and new venture outcomes of South African entrepreneurs |
| title | The effects of personality and uncertainty on the decision making process and new venture outcomes of South African entrepreneurs |
| title_full | The effects of personality and uncertainty on the decision making process and new venture outcomes of South African entrepreneurs |
| title_fullStr | The effects of personality and uncertainty on the decision making process and new venture outcomes of South African entrepreneurs |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of personality and uncertainty on the decision making process and new venture outcomes of South African entrepreneurs |
| title_short | The effects of personality and uncertainty on the decision making process and new venture outcomes of South African entrepreneurs |
| title_sort | effects of personality and uncertainty on the decision making process and new venture outcomes of south african entrepreneurs |
| topic | UCTD Personality Causation Entrepreneurship Uncertainty Venture growth Effectuation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23767 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04042011-155137/ |