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dc.contributor.authorNcube, Thandukwazi Richmanen_US
dc.contributor.authorZondo, Robert Walter Dumisanien_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-27T07:42:57Z-
dc.date.available2022-06-27T07:42:57Z-
dc.date.issued2022-03-03-
dc.identifier.citationZondo, R.W.D. and Ncube, T.R. 2022. Entrepreneurial attributes responsible for small and medium enterprise growth in South Africa : small and medium enterprise owners’ perspectives. International Journal of Special Education. 37(3).en_US
dc.identifier.issn0827-3383-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10321/4085-
dc.description.abstractSmall and Medium Enterprise (SME) growth has been associated with overall business success and survival. The need to achieve success is the motive to do well and achieve a goal set for growth. Hence, this study examines the attributes embedded in small business owners that are responsible for the growth of SMEs in South Africa. It assesses creativity and entrepreneurial skills as attributes that influence SME growth within small business owners operating in the furniture-manufacturing sector. It was conducted in the eThekwini District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa. Of the 127 SME owners who represented their businesses, 112 participated in the study, representing an 88 per cent participation rate. Correlative analyses were used to test the two objectives, that is, to examine if creativity and the entrepreneurial skills of small business owners have an influence on SME growth. This study reveals that SME success depends on the proper use of entrepreneurial skills for starting and growing the businesses in the early years of establishment. If creativity of SME owners can be enhanced, this will lead to a better support of national goals on job creation for South Africa. The original value of this paper is its approach in uncovering business owner attributes responsible for SME growth within enterprises operating in the furniture sectoren_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Special Educationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Special Education; Vol. 37, Issue 3en_US
dc.subjectBusiness growthen_US
dc.subjectBusiness owneren_US
dc.subjectCreativityen_US
dc.subjectEntrepreneurial skillsen_US
dc.subjectFurniture manufacturingen_US
dc.subjectSmall and Medium Enterprisesen_US
dc.titleEntrepreneurial attributes responsible for small and medium enterprise growth in South Africa : small and medium enterprise owners’ perspectivesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.date.updated2022-06-06T18:49:44Z-
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