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Profiles of women in recycling business in the least developed states in Malaysia – An alternative enterprise?

Kelantan and Terengganu have the highest number of hardcore poors in Malaysia. Over the years entrepreneurship is one of the means that has been propagated by the government to address this inherent problem. While women hitherto involve in usual business activities, recently more and more women in t...

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Main Author: Mohd Rafi Yaacob
Format: Non-Indexed Article
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8461/
http://ejournal.unib.ac.id/index.php/ajps/article/view/983
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spelling my.umk.eprints.84612022-05-23T10:27:37Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8461/ Profiles of women in recycling business in the least developed states in Malaysia – An alternative enterprise? Mohd Rafi Yaacob Kelantan and Terengganu have the highest number of hardcore poors in Malaysia. Over the years entrepreneurship is one of the means that has been propagated by the government to address this inherent problem. While women hitherto involve in usual business activities, recently more and more women in the said states dare to jump into a new domain of businesses which usually monopolized by men - recycling. This phenomenon warrants empirical research to unearth pertinent questions of the inroad of female entrepreneurs in a new territory of business which overwhelmingly dominated by male entrepreneurs. Yet at present not many researchers and relevant government agencies look into recycling as an alternative business but for men entrepreneurs, not women. This paper is a part of a larger study that investigated entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in recycling business in the both states. Results of the study found that women entrepreneurs in this business are matured, married, and received full support from their families – husband and children. In terms of education majority of them only study until secondary school. Highlighting women entrepreneurs’ profiles is deemed important because interested parties including future entrepreneurs, researchers as well as relevant government agencies gain some understanding of characteristics of women entrepreneurs have made a dent in the socalled male dominant business. 2015 Non-Indexed Article NonPeerReviewed Mohd Rafi Yaacob (2015) Profiles of women in recycling business in the least developed states in Malaysia – An alternative enterprise? Asian Journal for Poverty Studies, 1 (2). 139- 144. ISSN 2477-0531 http://ejournal.unib.ac.id/index.php/ajps/article/view/983
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description Kelantan and Terengganu have the highest number of hardcore poors in Malaysia. Over the years entrepreneurship is one of the means that has been propagated by the government to address this inherent problem. While women hitherto involve in usual business activities, recently more and more women in the said states dare to jump into a new domain of businesses which usually monopolized by men - recycling. This phenomenon warrants empirical research to unearth pertinent questions of the inroad of female entrepreneurs in a new territory of business which overwhelmingly dominated by male entrepreneurs. Yet at present not many researchers and relevant government agencies look into recycling as an alternative business but for men entrepreneurs, not women. This paper is a part of a larger study that investigated entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in recycling business in the both states. Results of the study found that women entrepreneurs in this business are matured, married, and received full support from their families – husband and children. In terms of education majority of them only study until secondary school. Highlighting women entrepreneurs’ profiles is deemed important because interested parties including future entrepreneurs, researchers as well as relevant government agencies gain some understanding of characteristics of women entrepreneurs have made a dent in the socalled male dominant business.
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Profiles of women in recycling business in the least developed states in Malaysia – An alternative enterprise?
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title Profiles of women in recycling business in the least developed states in Malaysia – An alternative enterprise?
title_short Profiles of women in recycling business in the least developed states in Malaysia – An alternative enterprise?
title_full Profiles of women in recycling business in the least developed states in Malaysia – An alternative enterprise?
title_fullStr Profiles of women in recycling business in the least developed states in Malaysia – An alternative enterprise?
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