Abstract
This study investigates discrimant ability of the Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientations Scale of 365 individuals practicing in two mutually exclusive professions (pharmacists N = 200 and accountants N = 175) on the profiles of Holland’s hexagon of occupational groups. Anova was performed with the EAOS sub-and total scales as dependent variables and entrepreneurial and non-entrepreneurial profiles as independent variables. Some discriminance by means of Tukey’s Range Test and interaction through LS-means was found between the two professions and employment status of individuals. Implications for management are indicated.
Highlights
Enquiries into the economic functioning of many countries have indicated successful entrepreneurship as a major component of a healthy market economy and important source of job creation (Hisrich & Peters, 1998; Jackson & Rodkey, 1994; Jennings, 1994; Kroon, 2002; North, 2002; Timmons, 1994; Van Aardt & Van Aardt, 1997)
The presence of entrepreneurial thinking in existing organizations would lead to a competitive advantage (Covin & Miles, 1999) and improved financial performance (Goosen, De Coning & Smit, 2002)
Jacobs and Kruger (2001) indicate the need of developing a strategic management approach for the processing of corporate entrepreneurship. It is to the benefit of management to identify individual entrepreneurial behaviour which will lead to pro-activeness in new business venturing
Summary
Enquiries into the economic functioning of many countries have indicated successful entrepreneurship as a major component of a healthy market economy and important source of job creation (Hisrich & Peters, 1998; Jackson & Rodkey, 1994; Jennings, 1994; Kroon, 2002; North, 2002; Timmons, 1994; Van Aardt & Van Aardt, 1997). Encouragement of entrepreneurial activity in South Africa is important in the light of many economic challenges the country is currently confronted with (Gouws, 2002; Kroon, 2002; Kroon & Meyer, 2001; Niewenhuizen & Kroon, 2002; North, 2002). Birkinshaw (1999) indicates that corporate entrepreneurial behaviour is related to mainly individual, organisational and environmental factors. It is to the benefit of management to identify individual entrepreneurial behaviour which will lead to pro-activeness in new business venturing
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