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An exploratory study of Malaysian women entrepreneurs: what drives them into business / Laila Kamaruddin … [et al.]

A decision to venture into business is a big and difficult decision that must be made by women as there are many factors that need to be considered. This study focuses on three factors (economic, legal and administrative, and socio-cultural) to determine the drivers which propel Malaysian women entr...

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Main Authors: Kamaruddin, Laila, Arshad, Azlin Shafinaz, Osman, Che Asniza, Buyong, Siti Zahrah
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Language:English
Published: 2018
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/66180/1/66180.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.661802022-09-07T04:30:11Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/66180/ An exploratory study of Malaysian women entrepreneurs: what drives them into business / Laila Kamaruddin … [et al.] Kamaruddin, Laila Arshad, Azlin Shafinaz Osman, Che Asniza Buyong, Siti Zahrah A decision to venture into business is a big and difficult decision that must be made by women as there are many factors that need to be considered. This study focuses on three factors (economic, legal and administrative, and socio-cultural) to determine the drivers which propel Malaysian women entrepreneurs to venture into business. Survey questionnaire was adopted in this exploratory study using convenience sampling method. Descriptive studies as well as normality and reliability analyses were used to analyse the data. The study found women entrepreneurs agreed that social and cultural factors are very strong reasons in driving Malaysian women entrepreneurs to venture into business. This is followed by economic factors, followed by legal and administrative factors. The findings of the study can serve as a guideline to identify assistance, programs and activities that would create more women entrepreneurs and at the same grow their business to the next level. Recommendations for future researchers have been put forward at the end of this paper. 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/66180/1/66180.pdf An exploratory study of Malaysian women entrepreneurs: what drives them into business / Laila Kamaruddin … [et al.]. (2018) ASEAN Entrepreneurship Journal (AEJ), 4 (2): 9. pp. 84-96. ISSN 2637-0301 (e-ISSN) https://aej.uitm.edu.my/
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description A decision to venture into business is a big and difficult decision that must be made by women as there are many factors that need to be considered. This study focuses on three factors (economic, legal and administrative, and socio-cultural) to determine the drivers which propel Malaysian women entrepreneurs to venture into business. Survey questionnaire was adopted in this exploratory study using convenience sampling method. Descriptive studies as well as normality and reliability analyses were used to analyse the data. The study found women entrepreneurs agreed that social and cultural factors are very strong reasons in driving Malaysian women entrepreneurs to venture into business. This is followed by economic factors, followed by legal and administrative factors. The findings of the study can serve as a guideline to identify assistance, programs and activities that would create more women entrepreneurs and at the same grow their business to the next level. Recommendations for future researchers have been put forward at the end of this paper.
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author Kamaruddin, Laila
Arshad, Azlin Shafinaz
Osman, Che Asniza
Buyong, Siti Zahrah
spellingShingle Kamaruddin, Laila
Arshad, Azlin Shafinaz
Osman, Che Asniza
Buyong, Siti Zahrah
An exploratory study of Malaysian women entrepreneurs: what drives them into business / Laila Kamaruddin … [et al.]
author_facet Kamaruddin, Laila
Arshad, Azlin Shafinaz
Osman, Che Asniza
Buyong, Siti Zahrah
author_sort Kamaruddin, Laila
title An exploratory study of Malaysian women entrepreneurs: what drives them into business / Laila Kamaruddin … [et al.]
title_short An exploratory study of Malaysian women entrepreneurs: what drives them into business / Laila Kamaruddin … [et al.]
title_full An exploratory study of Malaysian women entrepreneurs: what drives them into business / Laila Kamaruddin … [et al.]
title_fullStr An exploratory study of Malaysian women entrepreneurs: what drives them into business / Laila Kamaruddin … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed An exploratory study of Malaysian women entrepreneurs: what drives them into business / Laila Kamaruddin … [et al.]
title_sort exploratory study of malaysian women entrepreneurs: what drives them into business / laila kamaruddin … [et al.]
publishDate 2018
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/66180/1/66180.pdf
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