Research Article
The Effect of Entrepreneurship Characteristics and Personal Characteristics on the Growth of Sustainable Waste Bank Management Business (Case: Waste Management Entrepreneur in Sawangan Depok, West Java Province)
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.17-7-2020.2303042, author={Silvia Sari and Rini Septiowati and Sevty Wahiddirani Saputri}, title={The Effect of Entrepreneurship Characteristics and Personal Characteristics on the Growth of Sustainable Waste Bank Management Business (Case: Waste Management Entrepreneur in Sawangan Depok, West Java Province)}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Economics Engineering and Social Science, InCEESS 2020, 17-18 July, Bekasi, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={INCEESS}, year={2021}, month={1}, keywords={entrepreneurial activity entrepreneurial characteristics personal characteristics waste bank}, doi={10.4108/eai.17-7-2020.2303042} }- Silvia Sari
Rini Septiowati
Sevty Wahiddirani Saputri
Year: 2021
The Effect of Entrepreneurship Characteristics and Personal Characteristics on the Growth of Sustainable Waste Bank Management Business (Case: Waste Management Entrepreneur in Sawangan Depok, West Java Province)
INCEESS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.17-7-2020.2303042
Abstract
Waste banks are one of the solutions to reduce waste in Indonesia. The role of waste bank managers is not the same as scavengers, they are expected to have entrepreneurial characteristics and personal characteristics. This study is aimed to identify and to analyze some factors of entrepreneurial activities contribute in the growth of sustainable waste banks. This study is held in Sawangan Depok. The first research phase of primary data was collected through a questionnaire to 111 active waste bank managers using census techniques, and the data were analyzed with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The result shows that the entrepreneurial activities are most influenced by entrepreneurial characteristics γ=0.70). Entrepreneurial characteristics of the 'waste bank manager' are formed by motivation (λ= 0.40), risk (λ= 0.49), and innovation (λ= 1.00). It impliens that the higher inovation held by 'waste bank manager', the higher possibility held to growth of sustainable waste banks.
