Informal sector entrepreneurship, individual entrepreneurial orientation and the emergence of entrepreneurial leadership
Informal sector entrepreneurship, individual entrepreneurial orientation and the emergence of entrepreneurial leadership
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DOI：
10.1080/23322373.2020.1777817
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发表时间：
2020-07
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Mazanai Musara;C. Nieuwenhuizen
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作者：
Mazanai Musara;C. Nieuwenhuizen
摘要非正规经济在解决世界上许多国家面临的社会经济问题方面发挥着不可或缺的作用。在发达经济体，非正规部门创业活动占国内生产总值的10-20%，在发展中经济体则高达60%。在南非，非正规部门占总就业人数的15-17%，约占该国国内生产总值的5.2%。然而，很少有人注意到非正规部门的创业如何影响个人的创业方向和创业领导的出现，反之亦然。鉴于非洲许多现在成功的企业家都是在非正规部门内开始经营业务的，因此对个人创业方向和非正规部门出现创业领导力的概念缺乏关注令人担忧。本文提出了一个多层次的分析，在南非的非正规部门的创业领导的出现。我们从“白手起家”的鼓舞人心的帐户和社会认同理论，制定一个综合框架的出现在非正规部门的创业领导。为了说明问题，还介绍了非正规部门成功创业领袖的简短案例研究。本文的目的是提供有价值的见解不足，但迅速增长的创业环境，非正规部门创业，以及这种情况下如何塑造个人创业导向和创业领导力的出现。这为如何推进创业发展研究和实践提供了一个新的见解和进一步研究的领域。
ABSTRACT The informal economy plays an integral role in addressing the socio-economic issues facing many nations around the world. Informal sector entrepreneurship activities contribute 10–20% of the GDP in developed economies and up to 60% in developing economies. In South Africa, the informal sector accounts for 15–17% of total employment and about 5.2% of the country’s GDP. Yet, very little attention is given to how informal sector entrepreneurship shapes individual entrepreneurial orientation and the emergence of entrepreneurial leadership, and vice versa. The lack of attention to the notions of individual entrepreneurial orientation and the emergence of entrepreneurial leadership from the informal sector is worrisome given that a significant number of now successful entrepreneurs in African contexts began their business operations within the informal sector. This article presents a multilevel analysis of the emergence of entrepreneurial leadership in the informal sector of South Africa. We draw from “rags to riches” inspirational accounts and social identity theory to develop an integrative framework on the emergence of entrepreneurial leadership in the informal sector. Short case studies of successful entrepreneurial leaders who emerged from the informal sector are presented for illustrative purposes. This paper aims to provide valuable insights into one of the understudied but rapidly growing entrepreneurial contexts, informal sector entrepreneurship, and how this context shapes individual entrepreneurial orientation and the emergence of entrepreneurial leadership. This exposes a previously hidden territory for new insights and further studies on how to advance entrepreneurship development research and praxis.