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All the variables show high alpha values ranging from 0.633 for entrepreneurial intention to 0.850 for self-efficacy as shown in Table 1. All the constructs show acceptable reliability levels as shown by Cronbach alphas above the recommended measure of 0.6.
Correlation matrix between business start-up factors
A relationship between the following start up factors: culture; self-efficacy; entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurial orientation was tested using “The Pearson" correlation matrix. This was to test the Hypotheses that, there is a relationship between the different business start-up factors.
TABLE 2: PEARSON CORRELATION MATRIX OF VENTURE START UP FACTORS P-value indicates significance if < α = 0.05
Culture Culture
Pearson Correlation
Sig. (2-tailed) N
Self-Efficacy
Pearson Correlation
Sig. (2-tailed) N
Entrepre- neurial Orientation
Entrepre- neurial Intentions
Pearson Correlation
Sig. (2-tailed) N
Pearson Correlation
Sig. (2-tailed) N
1 462 .377**
.000 462
.180**
.000 461
.334**
.000 462
Self- Efficacy .377**
.000 462 1
462 .296**
.000 461
.286**
.000 462
r- indicates strength of correlation (small, medium or large)
Entrepreneurial Orientation
.180**
.000 461
.296**
.000 461 1
461 .367**
.000 461
Entrepreneurial Intentions
.334**
.000 462
.286**
.000 462
.367**
.000 461 1
462
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS START-UP FACTORS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN SMALL ENTERPRISE SECTOR 202