Abstract
Encouraging women to get involved in entrepreneurship is key to women empowerment and wellbeing. This study endeavours to contribute to this cause by investigating the role of education, national culture, and various supports (financial support, government support, and social support) in shaping women's entrepreneurial intention. PLS-SEM was used on a sample of 351 women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. This study finds that education and financial support play a significant role in encouraging women's entrepreneurial intention, but not government and social support and national culture. This in turn highlights the importance of empowering women to be independent (education and financial support) rather than dependent (government support) or interdependent (social support), even in developing and collectivist countries like Bangladesh (national culture), in order to promote and support women entrepreneurship.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 429-452 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:Copyright © The Author(s) 2024.
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
Keywords
- education
- entrepreneurial intention
- entrepreneurship intention
- female entrepreneur
- female entrepreneurship
- financial support
- government support
- national culture
- social support
- women entrepreneur
- women entrepreneurship
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business and International Management
- Economics and Econometrics
- Strategy and Management
- Marketing
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