Abstract
Purpose — This research aims to find out why a civil servant or private employee decides to open a business in Wamena City, Papua. Design/methodology/approach — This study uses a type of qualitative research through a phenomenological approach. Findings — The reasons why employees have dual roles as well as entrepreneurs, are: financial reasons, service reasons, and self-fulfilment reasons. Practical implications — This research contributes to civil servants who aspire to become entrepreneurs to develop their talents and hobbies, as well as those who want to actualize themselves. Originality/value — This paper describes things related to the reasons that motivate employees to become entrepreneurs. This case is expected to help motivate and provide understanding to employees who have an entrepreneurial desire. Keywords — Employee, Entrepreneur, Dual Role Paper type — Phenomenology
Highlights
IntroductionPeople's lifestyles are very diverse which can be seen from different desires and different life goals
The purpose of this study was to find out why a civil servant or private employee decided to open a business in Wamena City, Papua
The research focus taken by the researcher based on the problems and research objectives that have been formulated are the reasons for entrepreneurship by employees carrying out dual roles which include: (a) Financial reasons; (b) Social Reasons; (c) Reason for Service; and (d) Reason for Fulfillment
Summary
People's lifestyles are very diverse which can be seen from different desires and different life goals. Those who choose to become office employees, may be motivated by education, or think that by becoming an employee they can have a guarantee for the future that is in front of their eyes. To fulfill all the desires or needs of the employees, they are involved in other professions. According to A.W. Widjaja (2006:113) employees are physical and spiritual human labor (mental and mind) who are always needed and become one of the main capital in cooperative efforts to achieve certain goals (organization). 1996 (in Leonardus Saiman, 2014: 43) an entrepreneur is: “A person who organizes and directs a new business. In Agustina Tri Siwi's book (2015:6), there are several reasons for someone to become an entrepreneur, namely: Financial Reasons, Social Reasons, Service Reasons and Self-fulfillment Reasons
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