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Impediments affecting entrepreneurial intent in South African MBA graduates
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/59761 Impediments affecting entrepreneurial intent in South African MBA graduates Wilks, Brett ichelp@gibs.co.za Robinson, Tracy UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2017. South Africa suffers from high rates of unemployment, low economic growth and has experienced a drop in entrepreneurial intention. Research has established that entrepreneurship plays a vital role in stimulating economic growth and creating employment. Therefore, a better understanding is required around the factors preventing individuals from taking the proverbial leap into entrepreneurship. The purpose of this study was to assess the extent to which situational, environmental and psychological factors impeded entrepreneurial intent. This was tested amongst a group of well-educated MBA graduates through the use of face-to-face, semi-structured interviews to probe emerging perceptions around entrepreneurial intention. The findings from the research identified that the assumption behind MBA graduates being the ideal demographic to become entrepreneurs within South African was incorrect. The three key findings that impede MBA graduate's entrepreneurial intent was the high risk profiles of MBA graduates, socio-economic factors of the country relating to highly-skilled MBA graduates, and the potential entrepreneur's locus of control and propensity to act on entrepreneurial behaviour. zk2017 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2017-04-07T13:05:30Z 2017-04-07T13:05:30Z 2017-03-30 2017 Mini Dissertation Robinson, T 2017, Impediments affecting entrepreneurial intent in South African MBA graduates, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59761> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59761 en © 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
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| title | Impediments affecting entrepreneurial intent in South African MBA graduates |
| title_full | Impediments affecting entrepreneurial intent in South African MBA graduates |
| title_fullStr | Impediments affecting entrepreneurial intent in South African MBA graduates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impediments affecting entrepreneurial intent in South African MBA graduates |
| title_short | Impediments affecting entrepreneurial intent in South African MBA graduates |
| title_sort | impediments affecting entrepreneurial intent in south african mba graduates |
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| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59761 |