Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to investigate the entrepreneurial intentions of social grant recipients in the cities of Johannesburg and Tshwane. This study further investigated the extent to which social grants influence the entrepreneurial behaviour of social grant recipients. Design/methodology/approach: A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was adopted. Primary data were collected using a structured questionnaire randomly targeting social grant recipients at various SAPO branches and SASSA pay-points. To test the hypotheses, the data collected from 401 respondents in the cities of Johannesburg and Tshwane was analysed on the SPSS statistics software (version 25). Findings/results: It was discovered that most of the respondents intended to start a business in the absence of a social grant income. Although SASSA grant holders indicated that they intended to start businesses, 70% of the respondents had no knowledge of any public or private business support initiatives and had not been to any entrepreneurial training sessions offered by the public or private sector. The respondents within the youth age group who indicated interest to start a business also expressed their desire for immediate gratification. Given that an entrepreneurial career requires a long-term vision, persistence and perseverance, this is indicative of a lack of entrepreneurial intensity. Practical implications: In order to increase social grant recipients’ entrepreneurial intentions and possibly reduce the number of youth social grant recipients currently in the system, government stakeholders should include the existing public and private entrepreneurship support initiatives within South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) policies. Originality/value: With the application of quantitative methodologies, this research contributes to an evidence-based debate on the extent to which social grants influence the entrepreneurial behaviour of social grant recipients within the Republic of South Africa.

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调查约翰内斯堡和茨瓦尼等城市的社会补助金接受者的创业意图

目的：本研究的主要目的是调查约翰内斯堡和茨瓦尼等城市的社会补助金接受者的创业意图。这项研究进一步调查了社会补助金在多大程度上影响了社会补助金接受者的创业行为。设计/方法/方法：采用描述性截面调查设计。使用结构化问卷收集主要数据，该问卷随机针对SAPO各分支机构和SASSA支付点的社会补助金接受者。为了检验假设，在SPSS统计软件（第25版）中分析了从约翰内斯堡和茨瓦讷的401位受访者收集的数据。结果/结果：发现大多数受访者打算在没有社会补助金收入的情况下创业。尽管SASSA赠款持有人表示他们打算创业，但70％的受访者不了解任何公共或私营业务支持计划，也没有参加过公共或私营部门提供的任何企业家培训课程。表示有兴趣创业的青年年龄段的受访者也表示希望立即得到满足。鉴于创业生涯需要长期的远见，毅力和毅力，这表明缺乏创业强度。实际意义：为了增加社会补助金接受者的创业意图，并可能减少目前系统中的青年社会补助金接受者的数量，政府利益相关者应将现有的公共和私人企业家支持计划纳入南非社会保障局（SASSA）政策之内。独创性/价值：随着定量方法的应用，这项研究为基于证据的辩论做出了贡献，涉及社会补助在多大程度上影响了南非共和国境内社会补助接受者的创业行为。