Unboxing Entrepreneurial Motivations in Tanzania: Business-related and Personal-related Factors
| Autor: | Gorah K. Abdallah, Emiel L. Eijdenberg, Wim Naudé, Enno Masurel |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Management and Organisation, Amsterdam Business Research Institute |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Planning and Development pull factors Development opportunity motivation OPPORTUNITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP necessity motivation INFORMAL ECONOMY 0502 economics and business Marketing Related factors biology 05 social sciences ASPIRATIONS SUCCESS SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth PERFORMANCE Entrepreneurs push factors biology.organism_classification Tanzania PERSPECTIVES COUNTRY 050211 marketing NECESSITY Business ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Journal of African Business, 23(1), 60-78. Routledge Journal of African Business, 23(1), 60-78. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group Abdallah, G K, Masurel, E, Naudé, W A & Eijdenberg, E L 2022, ' Unboxing Entrepreneurial Motivations in Tanzania: Business-related and Personal-related Factors ', Journal of African Business, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 60-78 . https://doi.org/10.1080/15228916.2020.1785236 |
| ISSN: | 1522-9076 1522-8916 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15228916.2020.1785236 |
| Popis: | An increasing number of researches has explored entrepreneurial motivations in terms of either opportunity, necessity or a mix of these two, in emerging contexts such as informal economies of Least Developed Countries (LDCs). However, research has stopped short exploring entrepreneurial motivation beyond these three previously mentioned types. This study expands the distinction of opportunity, necessity and mixed motivations in LDCs by exploring additional underlying dimensions. Based on a literature review and a qualitative pre-study with experts on the spot, 170 informal entrepreneurs in Tanzania were surveyed with a questionnaire covering 30 items measuring entrepreneurial motivations. The analyses unbox entrepreneurial motivation in two new distinctive types: those motivations related to the business and those related to the person. On a general level, this study follows up on the increasing call for contextualization of entrepreneurship research. On a more granular level, this study contributes to the existing literature of entrepreneurial motivation, especially in LDCs, by providing detailed insights of two motivation types of informal entrepreneurs in their consideration of shifting to the formal sector. Moreover, detailed pertinent information of the informal entrepreneurs is described, providing a closer look at an LDC’s informal economy. |
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