Winfrida, Benedicto
(2018)
To Examine Factors
Associated with Youth Experience and Growth Enterprises in Tanzania”. A Case
of Registered Motor Taxi Business Enterprise in Kimara Ward - Dar-es-Salaam.
Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.
Abstract
Unemployment is the global issue of concern among youth. Effort to reduce
unemployment through entrepreneurship approach is limited by many factors
including lack of experience, particularly in the contemporary period of which youth
entrepreneurship is picking up. A study aims to examine factors associated with
youth experiences and growth of enterprises in Tanzania: A case of registered motor
taxi business enterprise in Kimara ward-Dar-es-Salaam. A study employed a cross
sectional study with mixed methods. To ensure consistency for quantitative data
reliability analysis was made and data were analyzed by using SPSS software version
22. The study found that, (28.6%) of respondents were enclose working experience,
(40.5%) prior entrepreneurship experience, (47.6%) entrepreneurial experience,
(40.5%) business ownership experience, (35.7%) industry specific experience and
(26.2%) management experience. Linear regression model found that, work
experiences had (p=0.028), prior-entrepreneurship experiences had (p=0.049),
business ownership experiences had (p =0.001) and management experience had
p=0.024) in which were statistically significant toward the growth of the enterprises
at 95% confidence level. With regards of the factors, study found that, lack of
trainings, family support, business competence, lack of networking and low
awareness of risk management were the common associated factors with experience
and growth of enterprises. Conclusively, the appropriate and significance
interventions are encouraged to be done by formulating programs to support youth to
gain potential experience and to ensure they become competency and innovative
through self-employed rather than to become a job seeker. However, overall of this
study contributes to the entrepreneurial target body of knowledge.
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