2006
DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2006.10593362
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Exploring Motivation and Success Among Canadian Women Entrepreneurs

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“…Generally, women enter entrepreneurship for many of the same reasons as men, such as wish to become an entrepreneur, to have own businesses, self-fulfillment, being their own boss, to support themselves and their families, to enrich their lives with careers, to attain financial independence (Hughes, 2006;Kirkwood, 2009a,b;Loscocco and Bird, 2012), or they start their own business in response to the demands of parenthood and spouse/partner roles (Kirkwood, 2009a,b;Breen and Karanasios, 2010;Hilbrecht, 2016). However, in Indonesia and many other developing countries, especially from low-income countries, women often show marked differences from their men counterpart in many characteristics that influenced their decision to run own businesses or to become entrepreneurs.…”
Section: Motivationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Generally, women enter entrepreneurship for many of the same reasons as men, such as wish to become an entrepreneur, to have own businesses, self-fulfillment, being their own boss, to support themselves and their families, to enrich their lives with careers, to attain financial independence (Hughes, 2006;Kirkwood, 2009a,b;Loscocco and Bird, 2012), or they start their own business in response to the demands of parenthood and spouse/partner roles (Kirkwood, 2009a,b;Breen and Karanasios, 2010;Hilbrecht, 2016). However, in Indonesia and many other developing countries, especially from low-income countries, women often show marked differences from their men counterpart in many characteristics that influenced their decision to run own businesses or to become entrepreneurs.…”
Section: Motivationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It posits that the intention of carrying out a given behavior may be affected by several factors such as needs, values, wants, habits, and beliefs. Birds (1988) and Hughes (2003Hughes ( ,2006 have documented these factors that affect the intention of carrying out a given behavior.…”
Section: Theoretical Framework and Hypothesesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For instance, several studies (Alstete, 2003;Carter et al, 2003;Eckel and Georgellis and Wall, 2004;Gosh andCheruvalath, 2007;Hughes, 2006;Kirkwood, 2009;Malonand Cohen, 2001;McClelland et al, 2005;Segal et al, 2005;Wang et al, 2004;Wilson et al, 2004) have documented that women are motivated by both pull and push factors.…”
Section: Review Of Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…On peut citer différents facteurs qui contribuent à ce décalage entre les sexes : les entrepreneuses ont moins d'expérience de la gestion, moins d'accès aux financements, plus de responsabilités en matière de soins aux enfants et aux personnes âgées ainsi que des réseaux moins efficaces pour se procurer des ressources ; en outre, elles sont plus concentrées que les hommes dans les secteurs de services caractérisés par une facilité d'entrée et une vive concurrence (OCDE, 2016b ;Hughes, 2006) :  En 2011, dans 68 % des PME à contrôle majoritaire féminin les propriétaires avaient plus de 10 ans d'expérience, alors que c'était le cas dans 79 % des PME à contrôle majoritaire masculin (Industrie Canada, 2015).…”
Section: Développer L'entrepreneuriat Fémininunclassified
“… Il y a moins de femmes que d'hommes (53 % au lieu de 71 %) sensibles aux facteurs de motivation classiques comme l'indépendance, le souhait d'être son propre patron et de gagner davantage, alors qu'un pourcentage plus élevé de femmes cherche à réaliser un meilleur équilibre entre travail et famille (25 % de femmes contre 7 % d'hommes) (Hughes, 2006). Ces facteurs contribuent aux écarts précités entre les sexes sur le plan de la croissance effective et anticipée ainsi que de la propension à exporter.…”
Section: Développer L'entrepreneuriat Fémininunclassified