Gender Specific Barriers to Female Entrepreneurs in Pakistan: A Study in Urban Areas of Pakistan

Mahmood, Babak

doi:10.9734/bjesbs/2012/2128

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“…Although this informal micro entrepreneuring seems to be novel, because we see the purpose of the enterprising as social value creation, we believe the respondents to be social entrepreneurs. Independence, motivation to bring change, and the empowerment of women were also found as female entrepreneurial enablers, similar to the study of Roomi [10], Jamali [1], Mahmood et al [42]. The results of this study may be useful in places with similar institutional climates.…”

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“…These cultural norms give men control of women's lives, so that gender forms an organizing principle for Pakistani society. Tradition and conservative social values construct the gender-role expectations in Pakistani society [41,42]. This construction is primarily based on the concept of reproduction and production, as perceived and feminine masculine traits [43].…”

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Enablers and Constraints of Female Entrepreneurship in Khyber Pukhtunkhawa, Pakistan: Institutional and Feminist Perspectives

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Entrepreneurship is often considered a male-gendered concept, and carries masculine connotations. However, the importance of women entrepreneurs and their contribution to the economy has recently been realized. Nonetheless, there is limited research about female entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship in the developing countries context. This paper challenges the implicit masculinism of the traditional entrepreneurship research, and aims to explore the enablers and constraints of female social entrepreneurship within the context of a developing country. Our theoretical focus is based on institutional and feminist perspectives, thus developing logic through reconciling predictions from these two competing theories. This integration contributes by offering novel insights about social entrepreneurship. Utilising an interpretive qualitative research approach, data from in-depth interviews with ten female social entrepreneurs of KP, Pakistan were analyzed using thematic analysis. Empirically, we identify and discuss a number of interesting and explanatory themes affecting female entrepreneurship such as "women empowerment, patriarchal culture, role of culture and societal norms, religious extremism and terrorism, forced entrepreneurs, change creators, unique institutional constraints, institutional corruption and security issues". The findings highlight female entrepreneurs' struggle for sustainability, and explain how this occurs. The paper also provides an interesting insight into how context determines social entrepreneurship in KP, Pakistan.

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Enablers and Constraints of Female Entrepreneurship in Khyber Pukhtunkhawa, Pakistan: Institutional and Feminist Perspectives

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“…City-wise classification of the barriers highlights that respondent of Faisalabad points towards, no access to financial resources, mobility restrictions, dependent decision making, burden of family and child care and pressure from family as the main barriers. The results of Lahore, Sargodha and Sialkot were quite similar, but variance in some aspect likes rights for property, communication gap, lack of education and sexual harassment were also added as the main barriers for encouraging women entrepreneurship (Mahmood, Sohail, Khalid et al, 2012).…”

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“…In connection to barriers faced by women entrepreneurs in Pakistan, a study conducted by British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioral Science provides vital information (Mahmood, Sohail, Khalid et al, 2012). The research identifies gender specific barriers, which restrict the entry of women entrepreneurs from frontline entrepreneurship in the country.…”

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Encouraging Women Entrepreneurship In Pakistan: A Systematic Analysis Of The Impact Of Entrepreneurial Activities On The Lifestyle Of Women

Rauf¹,

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2014

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Considerable researcher has been carried out for the identification of the barriers faced by women entrepreneurs in Pakistan and how these barriers can be removed. Moreover, the research has also attempted to establish the impact of entrepreneurial activities on the lifestyle of women. Qualitative research technique has been employed for the analysis of the data. It was established from results obtained that after starting the business, lifestyle of women entrepreneurs has improved substantially.

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“…He recommended that "an entrepreneurial firm engages in product market innovation, undertakes somewhat risky ventures, and is the first to come up with proactive innovations, beating competitors to the punch". There has been growing consensus that EO reflects the three components of proactiveness, innovativeness, and risk taking [13,15,44,[50][51][52]. The first dimension is proactiveness.…”

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Assessment of Entrepreneurial Traits and Small-Firm Performance with Entrepreneurial Orientation as a Mediating Factor

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Entrepreneurship is considered to be one of the most critical factors contributing to the successful performance of business, innovations, and growth of the economy. Entrepreneurship is the main driver of innovation and sustainable business. The purpose of this research is to assess the main traits that are deemed essential for the successful performance of a firm. A model is developed to assess how entrepreneurs’ creativity, self-efficacy, and achievement motivation influence the performance of small firms through the role of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) as a mediating variable. The hypotheses are tested by using Smart PLS (partial least squares path modeling) on a sample of 353 business owners to seek the insight of entrepreneurial traits on small-firm performance. The findings of the research show that self-efficacy and EO have a significant and positive association with the performance of a firm, while creativity and internal locus of control are fully mediated by EO. The subjective measures are used to examine the performance of a firm in terms of growth, sustainability, and financial performance, but the same can also be assessed by objective measures. The practical implication of this research provides entrepreneurs with a different perspective of the entrepreneurial traits that contribute to successful firm performance. The originality of the research lies in the attempt to explore the entrepreneurial traits that significantly influence the effectiveness of the performance of firms in the Pakistani context.

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Gender Specific Barriers to Female Entrepreneurs in Pakistan: A Study in Urban Areas of Pakistan

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Enablers and Constraints of Female Entrepreneurship in Khyber Pukhtunkhawa, Pakistan: Institutional and Feminist Perspectives

Enablers and Constraints of Female Entrepreneurship in Khyber Pukhtunkhawa, Pakistan: Institutional and Feminist Perspectives

Encouraging Women Entrepreneurship In Pakistan: A Systematic Analysis Of The Impact Of Entrepreneurial Activities On The Lifestyle Of Women

Assessment of Entrepreneurial Traits and Small-Firm Performance with Entrepreneurial Orientation as a Mediating Factor

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