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Gender, perceptual factors, and entrepreneurial intention: Evidence from Egypt
In Egypt, women's total early-stage entrepreneurial activity is 3.7% out of female adult population coupled with one of the world's lowest women's economic participation rate. As the government is no longer the haven for women's jobs and the private sector is not filling the void, promoting entrepre...
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| author | El-Hadary, Eman Tawfik |
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| description | In Egypt, women's total early-stage entrepreneurial activity is 3.7% out of female adult population coupled with one of the world's lowest women's economic participation rate. As the government is no longer the haven for women's jobs and the private sector is not filling the void, promoting entrepreneurship amongst women can prove effective in creating employment opportunities as well as empowering women with financial and social autonomy to allow them to become equal decision maker within the family and or household. In this research, the relationship between gender and entrepreneurial intention among non-entrepreneurs was investigated. The research shed light on the possible reasons of why women are less likely to start their own business compared to men. There is a body of literature that argues that the perceptual factors, namely self-efficacy, fear of failure, ability to recognize opportunities, and knowing an entrepreneur, might be the answer. Therefore, this thesis established a mediation analysis using a nationally representative sample data of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor in Egypt from 2008 to 2015 to investigate if perceptual factors mediate the relationship between gender and entrepreneurial intention. This study validated the hypotheses among the non-entrepreneurs showing that the relationship between entrepreneurial intention and gender is mediated by the perceptual factors investigated in this thesis. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-1425 Gender, perceptual factors, and entrepreneurial intention: Evidence from Egypt El-Hadary, Eman Tawfik In Egypt, women's total early-stage entrepreneurial activity is 3.7% out of female adult population coupled with one of the world's lowest women's economic participation rate. As the government is no longer the haven for women's jobs and the private sector is not filling the void, promoting entrepreneurship amongst women can prove effective in creating employment opportunities as well as empowering women with financial and social autonomy to allow them to become equal decision maker within the family and or household. In this research, the relationship between gender and entrepreneurial intention among non-entrepreneurs was investigated. The research shed light on the possible reasons of why women are less likely to start their own business compared to men. There is a body of literature that argues that the perceptual factors, namely self-efficacy, fear of failure, ability to recognize opportunities, and knowing an entrepreneur, might be the answer. Therefore, this thesis established a mediation analysis using a nationally representative sample data of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor in Egypt from 2008 to 2015 to investigate if perceptual factors mediate the relationship between gender and entrepreneurial intention. This study validated the hypotheses among the non-entrepreneurs showing that the relationship between entrepreneurial intention and gender is mediated by the perceptual factors investigated in this thesis. 2018-06-01T07:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/426 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1425/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy. Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Women entrepreneurship Perceptual factors |
| spellingShingle | Women entrepreneurship Perceptual factors El-Hadary, Eman Tawfik Gender, perceptual factors, and entrepreneurial intention: Evidence from Egypt |
| title | Gender, perceptual factors, and entrepreneurial intention: Evidence from Egypt |
| title_full | Gender, perceptual factors, and entrepreneurial intention: Evidence from Egypt |
| title_fullStr | Gender, perceptual factors, and entrepreneurial intention: Evidence from Egypt |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender, perceptual factors, and entrepreneurial intention: Evidence from Egypt |
| title_short | Gender, perceptual factors, and entrepreneurial intention: Evidence from Egypt |
| title_sort | gender perceptual factors and entrepreneurial intention evidence from egypt |
| topic | Women entrepreneurship Perceptual factors |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/426 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1425/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf |
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