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Motivation, competences and the moderating role of business discontinuance on the entrepreneurial effect of self-employment

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  • Rebecca Namatovu
  • Samuel Dawa

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This paper interrogates the dynamic relationship between motivation, competences, business discontinuance and the entrepreneurial effect. Arguing that self-employment has the potential to reduce unemployment in subsequent periods, this study uses mixed models to exhibit the moderating role of business discontinuation on the entrepreneurial effects of self-employment. It depicts this with data from 2013 on 10,003 youth entrepreneurs from nine Sub-Saharan countries. The empirical results confirm the existence of a significant moderating effect on motivation and the entrepreneurial effect. We also find that this effect is higher in younger males with more years of formal education.

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  • Rebecca Namatovu & Samuel Dawa, 2017. "Motivation, competences and the moderating role of business discontinuance on the entrepreneurial effect of self-employment," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 30(3), pages 410-426.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:30:y:2017:i:3:p:410-426
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    1. Jonathan Marks & Samuel Dawa & Shungu Kanyemba, 2020. "Transnational Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Absorptive Capacity Theory of Knowledge Spillover Entrepreneurship Perspective," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, vol. 6(1), pages 114-139, January.

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