[ Evaluation des motivations entrepreneuriales des entrepreneurs de la Ville de Kinshasa en République Démocratique du Congo ]
Volume 36, Issue 2, May 2022, Pages 335–346
Jonathan Enguta Mwenzi1 and Michel Remo Yossa2
1 Département de Psychologie, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, RD Congo
2 Département de Gestion des Entreprises et Organisation du Travail, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The objective of this study was to assess the entrepreneurial motivations of entrepreneurs in the city of Kinshasa. To this end, a motivational scale was administered to a sample of 380 entrepreneurs in four communes of the city of Kinshasa. The results obtained revealed that psychological needs, the desire to contribute to the resolution of community problems, know-how and expected profitability are factors that motivated the subjects of the study to go into business. Expected profitability was the most important factor that motivated the study subjects to start their small and medium-sized businesses.
Author Keywords: Entrepreneurial motivations, entrepreneurs, psychological needs, contributions to society, expected profitability and know-how.
Volume 36, Issue 2, May 2022, Pages 335–346
Jonathan Enguta Mwenzi1 and Michel Remo Yossa2
1 Département de Psychologie, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, RD Congo
2 Département de Gestion des Entreprises et Organisation du Travail, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The objective of this study was to assess the entrepreneurial motivations of entrepreneurs in the city of Kinshasa. To this end, a motivational scale was administered to a sample of 380 entrepreneurs in four communes of the city of Kinshasa. The results obtained revealed that psychological needs, the desire to contribute to the resolution of community problems, know-how and expected profitability are factors that motivated the subjects of the study to go into business. Expected profitability was the most important factor that motivated the study subjects to start their small and medium-sized businesses.
Author Keywords: Entrepreneurial motivations, entrepreneurs, psychological needs, contributions to society, expected profitability and know-how.
Abstract: (french)
Cette étude avait pour objectif d’évaluer les motivations entrepreneuriales des entrepreneurs de la Ville de Kinshasa. A cet effet, une échelle des motivations a été administrée à un échantillon de 380 entrepreneurs de quatre communes de la Ville de Kinshasa. Les résultats obtenus ont révélé que les besoins psychologiques, le souci de contribuer à la résolution des problèmes de communauté, le savoir-faire et la rentabilité espérée sont des facteurs qui ont poussé les sujets de l’étude à se lancer dans les affaires. La rentabilité espérée est le facteur qui a le plus motivé les sujets de l’étude dans la création de leurs petites et moyennes entreprises.
Author Keywords: Motivations entrepreneuriales, entrepreneurs, besoins psychologiques, contributions à la société, rentabilité espérée et savoir-faire.
How to Cite this Article
Jonathan Enguta Mwenzi and Michel Remo Yossa, “Evaluation of the entrepreneurial motivations of entrepreneurs in the city of Kinshasa,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 335–346, May 2022.
