%0 Journal Article
%T Barriers and Motives for Entrepreneurship in Building Construction Industry in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
%A Dennis N. G. A. K. Tesha
%J Scientific & Academic Publishing
%D 2020
%R 10.5923/j.ijcem.20200902.02
%X This study aimed at exploring the barriers and motives for entrepreneurship in the building construction industry in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Specifically, the study examined the barriers and identified the motives for adoption of entrepreneurship in the building construction industry. The study also proposed solutions to the barriers of entrepreneurship and their adoption in the building construction industry in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. This descriptive research used both qualitative and quantitative approaches, with its research design based on survey as well as probability and non-probability sampling techniques. The sample of the study constituted 91 graduate and registered quantity surveyors and architects in the building construction industry within Dar-es-Salaam who were selected as a unit of analysis comprising people with different years of experience. Basically, the responses were obtained through 50 questionnaires with open and close-ended questions. A total of 40 questionnaires were filled appropriately and returned. Quantitative data were coded, classified, and analyzed using SPSS in order to get accurate computations that were ranked by using mean score value. Barriers with mean score above 4.00 encountered by graduate quantity surveyors and architects included lack of startup capital and limited access to credit; lack of mentorship and negative attitudes towards graduate entrepreneurship; lack of trusted business partners/skilled workers or employees; poor marketing and management skills; inadequate information and experience in the industry; institutional complexity (bureaucracy); poor implementation of government policies by officials, and insufficient government supports; and limited financial as well as business management skills. Those encountered by registered quantity surveyors and architects included government policies; tight (fixed) profit margins in markets; high initial cost of work, and risk of failure (the loss of the invested capital); bureaucracy, and corruption; complex nature of construction works; and limited infrastructures. Motives with the mean score above 4.00 included financial freedom, success and resources; strategic business planning and communication skills; strategic decision making skills and leadership skills; risk taking ability; qualification/expertise, and desire for independence and self-governance; inspiration from successful people in the industry and building a legacy; professional development/improving skills and awareness on where to look for support; loss of job or dissatisfaction with previous or
%K Entrepreneurship
%K Building Construction
%K Quantity Surveyors
%K Architects
%K Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania
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