A Study of Life-situation Antecedence, Personality and Motivational Patterns of Small Scale Women Entrepreneurs

Kamalanabhan, T J and Vijaya, V (2008) A Study of Life-situation Antecedence, Personality and Motivational Patterns of Small Scale Women Entrepreneurs. In: Entrepreneurial Management. Response Books, New Delhi, pp. 249-272. ISBN 9780761936152

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Abstract

This research study focused on the psychological aspects of the entrepreneurial intention of small-scale women entrepreneurs in the manufacturing, trading and service sectors. The variables studied were life situation antecedence, personality, entrepreneurial motivation and business related variables. The tools used for the study were life situation antecedence scale, personality questionnaire and entrepreneurial motivation scale. Three hundred women entrepreneurs from manufacturing, trading and service sectors and two hundred non-entrepreneurs from supervisory and clerical cadres from India participated in this study. Univariate and multivariate analyses were done to process the data. The results reveal that there are significant contributions of life situation antecedence, personality and business related variables in contributing to entrepreneurial intention in small-scale women entrepreneurs. The women entrepreneurs have been found to have lower psychological support, poorer work condition and lesser competence compared to women non-entrepreneurs in life situation antecedence. Certain life situation antecedence variables, personality variables and motivational factors were found to explain differences in the entrepreneurial intention of women entrepreneurs in the manufacturing, trading and service sectors.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Entrepreneurship; Management; Life-situation Antecedence; Personality; Motivational Patterns; Small Scale Women Entrepreneurs
Subjects:	Entrepreneurship_Industry Entrepreneurship_Industry > Entrepreneurship
Divisions:	General Management and Enterpreneurship
Depositing User:	Mr. Muralidhara D
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2018 10:34
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2018 10:34
URI:	http://tapmi.informaticsglobal.com/id/eprint/436

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