Informal sector entrepreneurship, individual entrepreneurial orientation and the emergence of entrepreneurial leadership

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI:10.1080/23322373.2020.1777817

Mazanai Musara, C. Nieuwenhuizen

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Abstract

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.

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非正规部门创业、个人创业导向和创业领导力的出现

非正式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，非正规部门的创业活动贡献了GDP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GDP的5.2%。然而，很少注意到非正规部门的企业家精神如何影响个人的企业家倾向和企业家领导的出现，反之亦然。由于非洲许多现在成功的企业家都是从非正式部门开始其商业活动的，因此缺乏对个人企业方向的注意和从非正式部门出现的企业领导的概念令人担忧。这篇文章提出了一个多层次的分析创业领导的出现在南非的非正式部门。我们从“白手起家”的励志故事和社会认同理论中汲取灵感，开发了一个关于非正式部门创业领导力出现的综合框架。为了说明问题，本文提出了从非正规部门脱颖而出的成功企业家领袖的简短案例研究。本文旨在提供有价值的见解，深入研究一个尚未得到充分研究但发展迅速的创业背景，非正式部门创业，以及这种背景如何塑造个人创业取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的新见解和进一步研究揭示了一个以前隐藏的领域。

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Africa Journal of Management Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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2.80

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15.40%

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期刊介绍： The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world. At the same time, serious challenges remain. To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice. The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts. AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities. As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa. AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point. The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice. We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day. We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.