Organisational factors fostering corporate entrepreneurship: a study of state owned entities in South Africa and Zimbabwe

dc.contributor.authorMusara, Diana Marcellin
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-09T10:20:16Z
dc.date.available2018-02-09T10:20:16Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management specialising in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation March 2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this research is to investigate how organisational factors such as management support, reward/reinforcement and work discretion fosters corporate entrepreneurship at State Owned Entities (SOE) in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Several studies have been conducted on corporate entrepreneurship in the private sector with limited research on the same factors in the public sector, especially in Africa. The Corporate Entrepreneurship Assessment Instrument (CEAI) was used in measuring managers’ perception on management support, reward and reinforcement and work discretion. Four hundred on-line questionnaires were distributed, with a response rate of 169 managers from South African and Zimbabwean state owned entities. An hierarchical multiple regression model was used to analyse the results, which showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between management support, reward/reinforcement and work discretion with innovation, confirming results from previous studies. Occupational level was found to moderate the relationship between management support and innovation and the relationship was found to be strongest at junior management level. No moderation effect was found when reward/reinforcement and work discretion was tested with innovation. Further evidence from the survey results also indicated that Zimbabwean SOEs had higher levels of reward /reinforcement and work discretion than South Africa, but both countries had the same level for management support and innovation. However Zimbabwe had implemented more projects than South Africa, indicating that its SOEs were more entrepreneurial. Finally, when occupational levels were considered, Zimbabwe had higher scores for all the three independent variables, except for innovation, which South Africa was leading at junior management levels. However, the levels at middle and senior management was the same for both countriesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianGR2018en_ZA
dc.format.extentMusara, Diana Marcellin (2016) Organisational factors fostering corporate entrepreneurship : a study of state owned entities in South Africa and Zimbabwe, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <https://hdl.handle.net/10539/23839>
dc.format.extentOnline resource (x, 166, 8 leaves)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/23839
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshOrganizational effectiveness--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshOrganizational effectiveness--Zimbabwe
dc.subject.lcshEntrepreneurship--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshEntrepreneurship--Zimbabwe
dc.subject.lcshGovernment business enterprises--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshGovernment business enterprises--Zimbabwe
dc.titleOrganisational factors fostering corporate entrepreneurship: a study of state owned entities in South Africa and Zimbabween_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
Research - MMENVC Diana Musara final Submission. 126074. Corporate Entrepreneurship in SOEs.pdf
Size:
1.32 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:

License bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:

Collections