Determinants of the Sustainable Entrepreneurial Engagement of Youth in Developing Country—An Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

Muhammad Nawaz Tunio, Iffat Sabir Chaudhry, Sadia Shaikh, Mushtaque Ali Jariko and Mohsen Brahmi
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Muhammad Nawaz Tunio: Department of Business Administration, Greenwich University, Karachi 75500, Pakistan
Iffat Sabir Chaudhry: College of Business, Al Ain University, Al Ain 112612, United Arab Emirates
Sadia Shaikh: Benazir School of Business, Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University, Karachi 74660, Pakistan
Mushtaque Ali Jariko: Institute of Business Administration, University of Sindh, Jamshoro 71000, Pakistan

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 14, 1-17

Abstract: The article identifies the motivating factors behind the career preferences of university graduates who chose to engage in sustainable entrepreneurship. In this research, multi-methods—theoretical investigations and qualitative interviews—have been utilized to determine the factors responsible for promoting sustainable entrepreneurship in a developing region. The sample consisted of university graduates who chose to pursue their careers in entrepreneurial activities in Hyderabad, the sixth largest city of Pakistan located in Sindh Province. While determining why young academics choose entrepreneurship as a career choice, entrepreneurial careers are explored as an ongoing process of biographical sequences in which new ways of thinking and communication, new forms of economic and occupational challenges, and necessities as well as ways of success and failure are permanently claimed or raised. Due to these challenges, the youth are confronted with complex social and economic situation to deal with. The study findings provide guidelines on how sustainable entrepreneurship can be developed, engaged, and sustained in the future in developing and under-developed regions.

Keywords: sustainable entrepreneurship; sustainability-focused business; career; motivation; barrier; process; outcome; developing country; Pakistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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