Abstract
Crime, poverty and unemployment are major social issues in South Africa. These challenges, often neglected by for-profit organisations, are predominantly left to social enterprises, which seek to combat the effects of such issues. Many social enterprises, however, struggle to survive in a competitive business environment due to a lack of entrepreneurial behaviour. This study examined the extent of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in social enterprises in South Africa. The study was quantitative in nature while the measuring instrument was an adapted, self-administered questionnaire. The sample consisted of individuals actively involved in social enterprises in South Africa. In order to collect the data, various private and public databases were consulted, notably, Enactus, the UJ Centre for Entrepreneurship, RainbowNation.com, CharitySA.co.za and Code South Africa Data Portal. The statistical analyses of the data included an exploratory factor analysis, descriptive statistics, including the standard deviation, mean and average mean whilst the inferential statistics included t-tests and One-way Analysis of Variance...
M.Com. (Strategic Management)