The Environment for Women's Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa

Chamlou, Nadereh

doi:10.1596/978-0-8213-7495-5

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“…18, 2/2016 gender and services economy: lebanese women position in complex arab world Chamlou (2008) describes that the locale likewise confronts another vital test -engaging females -especially in the money related and political circles, where their reinforcement remains the most unimportant of any district. Quite a few years' earlier, females were less organized and constituted a minor piece of the area's human capital.…”

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Gender and Services Economy: Lebanese Women Position in Complex Arab World

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European Journal of Service Management

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Section: Women In the Arab Culturementioning

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Gender and Services Economy: Lebanese Women Position in Complex Arab World

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European Journal of Service Management

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“…Third, there is a rising level of interest in alleviating the status of women in the country and encouraging them to play an active role in economic development. Additionally, the paucity of research pertaining to female entrepreneurship in the Middle East (Caputo, Mehtap, et al, 2015;Chamlou, Klapper, & Muzi, 2008;De Vita, Mari, & Poggesi, 2014) and Jordan in particular, has prompted the researchers to carry out this study with the aim of advancing scholarship in this particular area. Therefore, our study aims to gauge the perceptions of female business students with respect to environmental barriers to entrepreneurship in Jordan.…”

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Encouraging Female Entrepreneurship in Jordan: Environmental Factors, Obstacles and Challenges

Mehtap

Caputo

Pellegrini

2016

Entrepreneurship and Management in an Islamic Context

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The number of female entrepreneurs and their contribution to the economy is steadily rising. Yet research suggests that female entrepreneurs face more challenges and barriers than their male counterparts. This is expected to be even more prevalent in Islamic contexts, which are characterised by conservative and patriarchal societies. In this research, 254 female business students from a private and a public university responded to a questionnaire that gauges their perceptions about potential barriers to entrepreneurship in Jordan and whether the business education they are receiving helps to prepare them for future entrepreneurial activity. Our results help to form a basis on which a deeper understanding of the phenomena can be achieved through more in depth future research. Among the main environmental factors that worry potential female entrepreneurs are the weakness of Jordanian economy, lack of finance, fear of risk, gender inequality and inability to maintain a work and private life balance. Our results also show that students are really not aware of the opportunities available to them and are unable to make a proper assessment. We call on both universities and the Jordanian government to put more emphasis on practical entrepreneurial education and encouraging women to play a much more active role within the workforce.

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“…In recent years, there has been an increasing amount of empirical research on the various aspects of women's labour market in the MENA region. For instance, Chamlou (2008) explores women entrepreneurs' contribution to the social and economic development of the MENA region, and reviews the factors that promote women's entrepreneurship. Also, Chamlou et al (2011) examine the determinants of female labour force participation rates in Jordan, focusing on the role of social norms in reducing these rates.…”

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Female employment in MENA’s manufacturing sector: the implications of firm-related and national factors

Fakih

Ghazalian

2015

Econ Change Restruct

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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has realized significant advances toward improving women's well-being and social status over the last few decades. However, women's employment rate in the MENA region remains one of the lowest in the world. This paper examines the implications of firm-related and national factors for female employment in manufacturing firms located in the MENA region. The empirical analysis is implemented for firm-level data derived from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys database. It uses fractional logit and other econometric models to perform the estimations for female overall employment, female non-production employment, and female employment in managerial positions. The results reveal significant implications of firm-related factors, such as private foreign ownership, exporting activities, firm size, and labour composition, for female employment. They also show that national factors, such as economic development and gender equality, promote female employment. There are considerable differences in the estimated marginal effects across female employment categories. This paper provides policy-makers with directions to design strategies aiming at enhancing women's economic opportunities and employment rates.

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The Environment for Women's Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa

Cited by 65 publications

References 43 publications

Gender and Services Economy: Lebanese Women Position in Complex Arab World

Gender and Services Economy: Lebanese Women Position in Complex Arab World

Encouraging Female Entrepreneurship in Jordan: Environmental Factors, Obstacles and Challenges

Female employment in MENA’s manufacturing sector: the implications of firm-related and national factors

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