Women as vectors of social entrepreneurship

Kimbu, Albert N.; Ngoasong, Michael Z.

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2016.06.002

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“…In so doing, they have set the base for putting the framework of traditional and patriarchal agriculture under discussion, whether intentionally or not. The provision of childcare services had positive impacts on women farmers' empowerment, similar to what was noted in the context of social entrepreneurship in developing countries [21][22][23]44,45] and in countries of the global North [16,54]. However, this study identifies some limitations of the empowerment potential of being a farm-based childminder.…”

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Farms in Progress-Providing Childcare Services as a Means of Empowering Women Farmers in South Tyrol, Italy

2020

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In recent years, social farming has developed into an opportunity for income diversification in the South Tyrolean agricultural sector. In the northern Italian province, predominantly women farmers implement the provision of social services on farms. Starting from rural gender studies and women empowerment-literature, we hypothesize that social farming promotes the empowerment of the involved women. Accordingly, our study investigates the recognized impacts of offering farm-based childcare services on three types of power: power to, power with, and power within. In order to test our hypothesis, we conducted semi-structured interviews with seven women farmers that provide childcare services and with four experts. The results show that the provision of childcare services has enhanced the autonomy of women farmers and has had positive impacts on their skills and competences. This activity has changed their social role in the community by revalorizing rural lifestyles and by enabling the reconciliation of work and personal life for working mothers. Nevertheless, women farmers have recognized some negative effects on their workload, and on their interfamilial as well as other social relations. Finally, the study discusses the relationship between the specific ethno-linguistic context in South Tyrol and the effects of the activity of childcare provision on women farmers’ empowerment.

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Farms in Progress-Providing Childcare Services as a Means of Empowering Women Farmers in South Tyrol, Italy

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“…These enablers are considered important as success of women entrepreneurs is achieved by taking advantage of experiences gained from previous employment, education and/or local networking to access necessary resources for creating and owning entrepreneurial ventures (Kimbu and Ngoasong, 2016). Further, to bring women to join more professional and social networks, technology can be a major facilitator.…”

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Imperatives for improving entrepreneurial behavior among females in the UAE

Jabeen

Faisal

2018

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. Design/methodology/approach -This research uses a two-phased approach. In the first-phase, an empirical study on female entrepreneurs was conducted to find out the most important enablers from among a set of variables identified through a comprehensive literature review. In the second-phase, using interpretive structural modeling, a hierarchy-based model is developed among the most important enablers. Further, these enablers are also classified depending on their driving power and dependence.Findings -Survey results indicate that female entrepreneurs consider enablers as the driving force in creating an entrepreneurial culture. Further, the hierarchy-based model developed in this research helps to identify variables that are of strategic importance and require utmost attention.Practical implications -The framework presented in this study can be used effectively by the policymakers to develop suitable strategies for improving entrepreneurial behavior among women in the United Arab Emirates.Originality/value -The novelty of this approach is the integration of questionnaire and interpretive structural modeling methodology and classifying enablers in four clusters. The research provides useful insights about the perception of female entrepreneurs about the entrepreneurial culture in the United Arab Emirates, and a relationship model that may serve as a decision tool for improving female entrepreneurship.

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“…(Manzanera-Román and Brändle, 2016). The strength of relations also refers to the pervasiveness of both party's relations with each other, which is emotional in nature, and that all of these factors advance knowledge transition among members of an organization (Kimbu and Ngoasong, 2016). Moreover, consistent with the communication dimension, relations among individuals are developed by their interaction and may promote respect, trust and friendship between two organizations, which in turn foster trust and commitment and finally facilitate knowledge transition (Bala Ramasamy et al, 2006).…”

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Women entrepreneurship: effect of social capital, innovation and market knowledge

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Women as vectors of social entrepreneurship

Cited by 144 publications

References 40 publications

Farms in Progress-Providing Childcare Services as a Means of Empowering Women Farmers in South Tyrol, Italy

Farms in Progress-Providing Childcare Services as a Means of Empowering Women Farmers in South Tyrol, Italy

Imperatives for improving entrepreneurial behavior among females in the UAE

Women entrepreneurship: effect of social capital, innovation and market knowledge

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