Financial self‐efficacy among women entrepreneurs
| Autor: | Daria C. Crawley, Frances M. Amatucci |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Self-efficacy
Finance Economics and Econometrics Entrepreneurship business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Self-esteem Gender Studies Financial management Empirical research Financial capital Racial differences Business and International Management Psychology business Women entrepreneurs Social psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship. 3:23-37 |
| ISSN: | 1756-6266 |
| Popis: | Purpose – As the number of women businesses owners grows worldwide, it is increasingly important to understand the factors which contribute to their success. While entrepreneurship research identifies access to human and financial capital as being important, fewer studies explore the role of sociocognitive factors such as self‐efficacy or confidence in one's abilities to perform a particular task. This paper aims to examine gender‐related attitudes toward financial management drawing from existing studies education, cognitive psychology, and entrepreneurship.Design/methodology/approach – The empirical study creates a measure of financial self‐efficacy (FSE) and highlights the importance of age and racial differences among experienced, nascent and aspiring women entrepreneurs. Firm and individual‐level data were obtained from a web survey and subsequent factor analysis and analysis of variance statistical methods utilized.Findings – Empirical findings only partially attest to the lack of confidence combine... |
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