Investigating the factors inhibiting entrepreneurial activity amongst business management students at a South African Higher Education Institution

Hamilton, Luzaan; Mostert, Clarise Letitia

doi:10.17512/pjms.2019.19.1.12

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Investigating the factors inhibiting entrepreneurial activity amongst business management students at a South African Higher Education Institution

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Hamilton Luzaan , Mostert Clarise Letitia

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10.17512/pjms.2019.19.1.12

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Badanie czynników spowalniających działalność przedsiębiorczą wśród studentów zarządzania przedsiębiorstwami w instytucjach szkolnictwa wyższego w RPA

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Entrepreneurship plays an influential role in the economic growth of a country. Youth entrepreneurs, in particular, are perceived as important contributors of economic change, who could significantly change the current unemployment situation in South Africa. However, the literature suggests, the youth face numerous constraints when entering the business world, which may have an influence on their entrepreneurial activity. Entrepreneurship is one of the core modules for students enrolled for a Management Degree at the specific South African Higher Education Institution (HEI). Over the past few years the need arised to enable undergraduate students at this HEI to start their own business during their undergraduate studies in Management Sciences. Therefore, the purpose of this study was twofold: firstly, to provide a descriptive analyses of the demographic profile of the students enrolled for a degree in Business Management at the South African HEI and their intention to start their own business, and secondly to investigate the factors inhibiting entrepreneurial activity amongst Business Management students at a South African HEI. The findings indicate that the main factor inhibiting entrepreneurial activity at this specific university is personal barriers, followed by business environmental barriers. Furthermore, the results revealed that entry barriers have the least impact in inhibiting entrepreneurial activity amongst students. These findings infer that the majority of students at this South African university participating in the study intend to start their own business. However, if inadequate attention is given to the factors inhibiting these students to actively pursue entrepreneurial opportunities, they will find it challenging to succeed in their initial intent.

Przedsiębiorczość odgrywa znaczącą rolę we wzroście gospodarczym kraju. Zwłaszcza młodzi przedsiębiorcy są postrzegani jako ważni uczestnicy zmian gospodarczych, którzy mogą znacząco zmienić obecną sytuację bezrobocia w Republice Południowej Afryki. Jednak literatura sugeruje, że młodzież napotyka na liczne ograniczenia przy wchodzeniu do świata biznesu, co może mieć wpływ na ich działalność przedsiębiorczą. Przedsiębiorczość jest jednym z podstawowych modułów dla studentów na studiach menedżerskich w badanej południowoafrykańskiej szkole wyższej (HEI). W ciągu ostatnich kilku lat pojawiła się potrzeba umożliwienia studentom tej uczelni rozpoczęcia własnej działalności gospodarczej podczas studiów licencjackich w dziedzinie nauk o zarządzaniu. Dlatego cel niniejszego badania był dwojaki: po pierwsze, dostarczenie opisowej analizy profilu demograficznego studentów zapisanych na studia w zakresie zarządzania przedsiębiorstwem w południowoafrykańskiej uczelni oraz ich zamiaru rozpoczęcia własnej działalności gospodarczej, a po drugie zbadanie czynnikiów hamujących przedsiębiorczość wśród studentów zarządzania przedsiębiorstwem uczelni w RPA. Wyniki przeprowadzonego badania wskazują, że głównym czynnikiem hamującym działalność przedsiębiorczą na tym konkretnym uniwersytecie są bariery osobiste, a następnie biznesowe bariery środowiskowe. Ponadto wyniki ujawniły, że bariery wejścia mają najmniejszy wpływ na hamowanie aktywności przedsiębiorczej wśród studentów. Te wnioski wskazują, że większość studentów uczestniczących w badaniu zamierza założyć własną firmę. Jeśli jednak nie poświęci się wystarczającej uwagi czynnikom, które uniemożliwią im aktywne dążenie do rozwoju przedsiębiorczości, odniesienie sukcesu w ich pierwotnym zamiarze będzie dla nich wyzwaniem.

Słowa kluczowe

entrepreneurship entrepreneurial activity business management students Higher Education Institution South Africa

przedsiębiorczość działalność przedsiębiorcza studenci zarządzania przedsiębiorstwem instytucja szkolnictwa wyższego Republika Południowej Afryki

Wydawca

Czestochowa University of Technology

Czasopismo

Polish Journal of Management Studies

Rocznik

2019

Tom

Vol. 19, No. 1

Strony

157--169

Opis fizyczny

Bibliogr. 47 poz., rys., tab.

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Hamilton Luzaan

Luzaan.Hamilton@nwu.ac.za

North-West University

autor

Mostert Clarise Letitia

Clarise.Mostert@nwu.ac.za

North-West University

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Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).

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