Empowering Women in Business Life and Its Effect on Family Relationship

Year 2022, Volume: 6 Issue: 3, 3129 - 3158, 30.09.2022

Zümrüt Hatun Demirel , Hülya Bakırtaş

https://doi.org/10.29023/alanyaakademik.1009695

Cited By: 2

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to examine how the empowerment of women has an effect on their economic, social, political and external communication-social network, as well as to reveal the effect of empowerment on the family lives of married women entrepreneurs. The data were collected between January 15 and September 15, 2019 using the survey technique. 421 participants answered the questionnaire. The study was applied to correlation, regression and chi-square analysis. According to the analysis findings; women's empowerment has a significant and positive impact on their economic, social, political and external communication-social network. However, it is another important finding that the empowerment of married women in business life has a negative effect on their marriage. This finding shows that marital status is an effective factor on domestic problems. Although there are many studies on the empowerment of women in social life, the limited number of studies on women's empowerment in business life, the problems experienced by married women entrepreneurs and the inadequacy of studies examining the effect of empowerment on family life in the national literature have been the driving force behind this study. In addition, considering the empowerment of women entrepreneurs on the basis of different perspectives reveals the original value of this study.

Keywords

women empowerment, problems experienced within the family, problems experienced outside the family, women entrepreneur, family relationship

İş Hayatında Kadınların Güçlendirilmesi ve Aile İlişkisine Etkisi

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, kadınların güçlendirilmesinin onların ekonomik, sosyal, politik ve dışsal iletişim-sosyal ağı üzerinde nasıl bir etkiye sahip olduğunu incelemenin yanı sıra evli kadın girişimcilerin aile yaşamları üzerinde güçlendirmenin yarattığı etkiyi ortaya çıkarmak amaçlanmıştır. Veriler, 15 Ocak-15 Eylül 2019 tarihleri arasında anket tekniğiyle toplanmıştır. 421 katılımcı anketi yanıtlamıştır. Çalışmada, korelasyon, regresyon ve ki-kare analizleri ile uygulanmıştır. Analiz bulgularına göre; kadınların güçlendirilmesi, onların ekonomik, sosyal, politik ve dışsal iletişim-sosyal ağı üzerinde anlamlı ve pozitif bir etkiye sahiptir. Bununla birlikte evli kadınların iş yaşamında güçlendirilmesinin, evlilikleri üzerinde olumsuz etki oluşturduğu ulaşılan diğer önemli bir bulgudur. Bu bulgu, medeni durumun aile içi yaşanılan sorunlar üzerinde etkili bir unsur olduğunu göstermektedir. Kadının toplumsal yaşamda güçlendirilmesi üzerine yapılmış birçok çalışma olmakla birlikte, iş yaşamında kadın güçlendirilmesi üzerine yapılan çalışmaların sınırlı olması, evli kadın girişimcilerin aile içi yaşadıkları sorunlar ve aile yaşamı üzerinde güçlendirmenin etkisini inceleyen çalışmaların ulusal yazında yeterli olmaması bu çalışmanın yapılmasındaki itici güç olmuştur. Ayrıca, kadının girişimcilerin güçlendirilmesinin farklı perspektifler temelinde ele alınması bu çalışmanın özgün değerini ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

kadının güçlendirilmesi, aile içi yaşanan sorunlar, aile dışı yaşanan sorunlar, kadın girişimci, aile ilişkisi

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