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.
The objective of this article was to relate the assessment of resource management practices to the perceived productivity of some Congolese companies (DR Congo). To do this, a questionnaire for evaluating the perception of human resource management practices and a scale of perceived productivity were administered to a convenience sample of 396 employees of five companies in the Congolese government portfolio (Direction Générale des Impôts, Société Nationale d'Electricité, Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale, Office Congolais de Contrôle and Office des Voiries et Drainage). The results obtained attest that human resource management practices are well appreciated by the subjects of the study. These subjects also approve of the productivity of their organizations. Finally, positive and significant correlations were established between the way human resource management practices are implemented and the perceived productivity of the organizations.
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