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    Determining entrepreneurial intent among WBS MBA students post-Covid
    (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023) Nqoko, Vuyokazi S; Msimango-Galawe, Jabulile
    The study explored entrepreneurial intentions within the MBA cohort at WITS with a focus on the students of 2020 to 2022. The goal of the study was to determine if MBA students at Wits have the desire to launch a company and to ascertain if there are any barriers in their entrepreneurial purpose and its antecedents. These students were given the opportunity to gain experience about entrepreneurship. The study's contribution is to determine which variables are most important in predicting entrepreneurial intent among this cohort. The core data in this research study was gathered from WBS MBA students using a quantitative survey study approach. The main sections of the questionnaire were grouped to form five main variables by taking the means, and also the main variable personality trait was computed from the variables attitude and locus of control. This grouping was necessary to carry out the Pearson Correlation and Linear Regression Analysis and these test the influence of the independent variables and dependant variable. The study focused on the 2020,2021 and 2022 WBS MBA cohort and the results cannot be generalized for the rest of the university or the country. Based on the findings, there is a weak positive influence between entrepreneurial intent and attitude towards entrepreneurship among WBS MBA students post-Covid in South Africa and this result is not statistically significant. Further, there is a strong positive influence between entrepreneurial intent and perceived environmental support among WBS MBA students post-Covid in South Africa and this result is not statistically significant. In addition, there is a strong positive influence between entrepreneurial intent and perceived behaviour control among WBS MBA students post-Covid in South Africa. This result is statistically significant at a 5% level. Based on the findings, there is a strong positive influence between entrepreneurial intent and subjective norms among WBS MBA students post-Covid in South Africa. And, this result is statistically significant at a 5% level. Finally, there is a strong positive influence between personality traits and entrepreneurial intent among WBS MBA students post-Covid in South Africa and this result is not statistically significant.