The Relationship between Domains of Entrepreneurship Passion and Entrepreneur’s Self-Identity

A Research Project Report Submitted to the School of Business in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters in Business Administration (MBA)The purpose of this study is to establish the relationship between domains of entrepreneurship passion and entrepreneur’s self-identity. The research questions were as follows: what impact does entrepreneurship passion for founding have on entrepreneur’s self-identity? What impact does entrepreneurship passion for developing have on entrepreneur’s self-identity? What impact does entrepreneurship passion for inventing have on entrepreneur’s self-identity? The research methodology used by the researcher on this study was descriptive design. The dependent variable was self-identity and the independent variables were founding, developing and inventing. The research was conducted on individual with an entrepreneurial background and those who were already in entrepreneurship all based in Nairobi and there were a total population of forty (40) respondents. The data was analyzed using Statistical Program for Social Sciences (SPSS). Descriptive statistics and regression analysis was used in the study to interpret the data. The research came up with the following findings; there was a significant relationship between entrepreneur’s self-identity and entrepreneur’s passion for invention, founding and developing. Among the three variable entrepreneur’s passion for founding had the highest significance compared entrepreneur’s passion developing and inventing respectively. The gender of the entrepreneur in relation to the entrepreneur’s self-identity is positive but not statistically significant hence gender has nothing to do with entrepreneur’s passion. The age of the entrepreneur and entrepreneur’s self-identity is negative but not statistically significant hence the older the entrepreneur the lower the likely hood for passion for entrepreneurship in regard to their self-identity. The conclusion drawn from this research is that the variable with the higher relation on entrepreneur’s self-identity is founding, developing and inventing respectively. Both age and gender have no significant effect on entrepreneur’s passion in relation to their self-identity. The study would like to recommend inclusion of variables depicting respondent environment and background for a more holistic analysis. Entrepreneurs are informed on importance passion at different levels of firm’s establishment