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An explorative study: Necessity, motivation and uncertainty – Enacting entrepreneurial hustle
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2023
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| author | Jansen, Paul |
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/95587 An explorative study: Necessity, motivation and uncertainty – Enacting entrepreneurial hustle Jansen, Paul Fourie, Alicia Entrepreneurial hustle Informal sector Day labourers Qualitative research Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2023 Day labourers are a marginalised category of worker operating in the unregulated informal sector, which is characterised by high levels of competition and uncertainty. Day labourers are so-called necessity entrepreneurs who have largely been pushed into the informal sector due to structural economic factors. This qualitative study delved into the day labourer phenomenon in South Africa with a view of understanding why these individuals have chosen the entrepreneurial path, what opportunities and hurdles they face in looking for work and plying their respective trades. Drawing on data collected, the study revealed how these individuals employed various entrepreneurial strategies and tactics to make a living. From the analysis of the findings, three constructs emerged: the uncertain environment to which day labourers are constantly exposed; the motivational factors driving day labourers’ decision to become necessity entrepreneurs; and the pervasiveness of the entrepreneurial hustle as a catalyst for success. In many ways, the entrepreneurial hustle is the key to transitioning away from ‘push’ factors, which necessity entrepreneurs know only too well, towards ‘pull’ factors, which are more readily associated with opportunity-driven entrepreneurs. The study also enabled the formulation of a conceptual model showing how the economy (both formal and informal) and the environment (with its certainties and uncertainties) impact necessity entrepreneurs and how the entrepreneurial hustle assists to navigate the challenges that surround it. pagibs2024 2024-04-16T09:44:26Z 2024-04-16T09:44:26Z 2024-04-17 2024-04-17 Mini Dissertation * A2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/95587 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Entrepreneurial hustle Informal sector Day labourers Qualitative research Jansen, Paul An explorative study: Necessity, motivation and uncertainty – Enacting entrepreneurial hustle |
| title | An explorative study: Necessity, motivation and uncertainty – Enacting entrepreneurial hustle |
| title_full | An explorative study: Necessity, motivation and uncertainty – Enacting entrepreneurial hustle |
| title_fullStr | An explorative study: Necessity, motivation and uncertainty – Enacting entrepreneurial hustle |
| title_full_unstemmed | An explorative study: Necessity, motivation and uncertainty – Enacting entrepreneurial hustle |
| title_short | An explorative study: Necessity, motivation and uncertainty – Enacting entrepreneurial hustle |
| title_sort | explorative study necessity motivation and uncertainty enacting entrepreneurial hustle |
| topic | Entrepreneurial hustle Informal sector Day labourers Qualitative research |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/95587 |
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