Doctor Eleanor Chipeta
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Courses and Disciplines taught at WBS:
Strategy; Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Other Teaching Experience:
Principles of Management II; Labour Relations; Innovation and Intrapreneurship Management.
Research Interests:
Social entrepreneurship; social impact; social innovation; social entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Recent Publications and Scholarly Contributions:
Chipeta, E. M., Ueberschär, I., & Kruse, P. What keeps social entrepreneurs happy? Exploring personality, work design, external support, and social impact as resources of social entrepreneurs’ mental well-being. Sustainability - 2155458 (Forthcoming)
Chipeta, E. M., Kruse, P., & Venter, R. (2021). A Risky Way of Doing Good – Combining Personality and Cognitive Variables in a New Hierarchical Model of Investment Risk-taking in Social Entrepreneurship. Journal of African Business, 1-19.
Chipeta, E. M., Venter, R., & Kruse, P. (2020). Measuring the Role of Reductive Bias in Social Enterprise Formation: Development and validation of a social entrepreneurial intention bias scale. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 1-19.
Chipeta, E. M., Kruse, P., & Surujlal, J. (2020). Effects of gender on antecedents to social entrepreneurship among university students in South Africa. International Journal of Business and Management Studies, 12 (1), 18-33.
Chipeta, E.M., J Surujlal (2017). Influence of attitude, risk taking propensity and proactive personality on social entrepreneurship intentions. Polish Journal of Management Studies, 14(2), 27-36.
Other Scholarly Contributions:
Academic Citizenry:
- Involved with activities of the Wits Entrepreneurship Clinic, specifically managing public relations and communication. Also conducts training of entrepreneurs and clinicians.
Grants:
- NRF/DAAD MASTERS AND DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS 2017
- NRF FREESTANDING POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 2019