Social influences on entrepreneurial aspirations of higher education students: Empirical evidence from the University of Botswana women students

The influence of perceived management skills and perceived gender discrimination in launch decisions by women entrepreneurs

“…Tlaiss (2014) also suggests that socio-cultural context matters when it comes to the barriers experienced by women entrepreneurs. Similarly, Rametse and Huq (2015) find that the socio-cultural status of women can significantly influence women entrepreneurial aspirations. Urbano et al (2014) use institutional economics to explore socio-cultural factors that influence the propensity of women to become social entrepreneurs (i.e., those who create social wealth for the society).…”

Perceptions to Start up Business as a Career Choice among Saudi Female Higher Education Students

“…Literature shows that entrepreneurs are driven by several goals which have been widely investigated with regard to their influence on business start-ups. Most studies have identified that the main goal factors motivating women's aspirations to start a business are the desire for money/wealth, social status and power/being own boss, enjoy challenge and risk, and to contribute to the national economy [18,[32][33][34][35][36]. For example, Azmi [32] noted that the desire to be own boss (social status/power) was an important goal factor of female university students in Ethiopia for starting a business.…”

“…Amentie and Negash [19] acknowledged that a challenging career was a key positive feature for the female students when considering starting their own business. Rametse and Huq [18] observed that female students in Botswana are motivated by their desire to contribute to the national economy to do business. Conversely, other research illustrated that women do not seek to become entrepreneurs for economistic reasons, but mostly to gain lifestyle benefits such as work flexibility as well as commitment to family and work [37].…”

“…However, studies, especially of female students' aspirations regarding venture creation in developing countries, have only emerged recently and are comparatively scarce [5]. Researchers such as Chowdhury and Shamsudin [4], Rametse and Huq [18], Amentie and Negash [19], and Abebe [20] mainly focused on this topic. Rametse and Huq [18] identified that parents are on the top of the list in influencing female student's involvement in business.…”

“…Researchers such as Chowdhury and Shamsudin [4], Rametse and Huq [18], Amentie and Negash [19], and Abebe [20] mainly focused on this topic. Rametse and Huq [18] identified that parents are on the top of the list in influencing female student's involvement in business. Chowdhury and Shamsudin [4] found no evidence of social influence on female intention, while higher education is more important.…”