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AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP’S MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS: A FIELD STUDY FOR MICRO-SCALE ENTERPRISES
Abstract
Micro-scale enterprises constitute 96% of all enterprises in Turkey. In this
paper, the motivational factors of entrepreneurship are quantitatively analyzed based on
gender difference as a part of a project in which micro-scale enterprises in Eskisehir are
explored with their socio-economic characteristics. Within the scope of the project, the data
of 1769 micro-enterprises registered as members in Eskişehir chambers of commerce and
artisans, were collected by a questionnaire form. A workshop was organized and opinions of
the administrators of chambers of commerce and artisans were taken for the questionnaire
development process. Research findings show that general profile of male entrepreneurs in
Eskişehir can be defined as; 42-49 age range, graduated from primary school, with average
monthly income 2000 (₤). In addition, male entrepreneurs have learned their profession
predominantly in the apprenticeship process, and their basic entrepreneurial motivation
is earning income. Female entrepreneurs, on the other hand, draw a different profile in
some ways, such as at age range of 32-41 years, graduated from a high school and with
an average monthly income of 2000 (₤). The source of vocational training and basic
entrepreneurship motivation for female entrepreneurs are same as male entrepreneurs.
According to the results, male and female entrepreneurs have different characteristics in
terms of age range and education levels. Analysis results show that income generation is the
first entrepreneurship motivational factor for both gender, male and female entrepreneurs,
second entrepreneurship motivational factor for males is dynastic compliance and being
independent for females. In this study, frequency analysis, cross tables, Mann-Whitney Test
and CHAID analysis were used in data analysis of. The main finding of the study is that
according to the Mann-Whitney Test, among the motivation factors for entrepreneurship,only dynastic compliance, valuating spare time and obtaining social status factors showed
statistically meaningful differences according to the gender variable. The results of the
CHAID analysis show that there is no statistically significant difference between the genders
for dynastic compliance motivation factor, but there are statistically significant differences
for valuating spare time and gaining social status motivations.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Business Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
December 15, 2016
Submission Date
September 30, 2016
Acceptance Date
December 9, 2016
Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 19 Number: 36
APA
Turan, N., & Hepkul, A. (2016). AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP’S MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS: A FIELD STUDY FOR MICRO-SCALE ENTERPRISES. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 19(36), 663-685. https://doi.org/10.31795/baunsobed.662459
AMA
1.Turan N, Hepkul A. AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP’S MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS: A FIELD STUDY FOR MICRO-SCALE ENTERPRISES. BAUNSOBED. 2016;19(36):663-685. doi:10.31795/baunsobed.662459
Chicago
Turan, Nurcan, and Ayse Hepkul. 2016. “AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP’S MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS: A FIELD STUDY FOR MICRO-SCALE ENTERPRISES”. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 19 (36): 663-85. https://doi.org/10.31795/baunsobed.662459.
EndNote
Turan N, Hepkul A (December 1, 2016) AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP’S MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS: A FIELD STUDY FOR MICRO-SCALE ENTERPRISES. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 19 36 663–685.
IEEE
[1]N. Turan and A. Hepkul, “AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP’S MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS: A FIELD STUDY FOR MICRO-SCALE ENTERPRISES”, BAUNSOBED, vol. 19, no. 36, pp. 663–685, Dec. 2016, doi: 10.31795/baunsobed.662459.
ISNAD
Turan, Nurcan - Hepkul, Ayse. “AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP’S MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS: A FIELD STUDY FOR MICRO-SCALE ENTERPRISES”. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 19/36 (December 1, 2016): 663-685. https://doi.org/10.31795/baunsobed.662459.
JAMA
1.Turan N, Hepkul A. AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP’S MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS: A FIELD STUDY FOR MICRO-SCALE ENTERPRISES. BAUNSOBED. 2016;19:663–685.
MLA
Turan, Nurcan, and Ayse Hepkul. “AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP’S MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS: A FIELD STUDY FOR MICRO-SCALE ENTERPRISES”. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 19, no. 36, Dec. 2016, pp. 663-85, doi:10.31795/baunsobed.662459.
Vancouver
1.Nurcan Turan, Ayse Hepkul. AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP’S MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS: A FIELD STUDY FOR MICRO-SCALE ENTERPRISES. BAUNSOBED. 2016 Dec. 1;19(36):663-85. doi:10.31795/baunsobed.662459
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