A FOCUS ON FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE ROLE OF ALERTNESS AND INSTITUTIONS ON VENTURE PERFORMANCE

Boris Urban and Jabulile Msimango-Galawe
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Boris Urban: Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, PO Box 98, Wits 2050, South Africa
Jabulile Msimango-Galawe: Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, PO Box 98, Wits 2050, South Africa

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), 2020, vol. 25, issue 04, 1-19

Abstract: This article examines the extent to which institutions and entrepreneurial alertness influence and interact to improve the venture performance of female entrepreneurs. Having established instrument validity and reliability, hypotheses are tested using multiple regression analyses based on survey data from South African female entrepreneurs. Results reveal that it is the normative and cognitive institutional dimensions, rather than the regulatory dimension, which have an effect on venture performance. Several positive interaction results are also noted between entrepreneurial alertness and the different institutional factors in terms of their effect on performance. Development support agencies should encourage more female entrepreneurship by supporting evidence-based programs designed to foster higher levels of entrepreneurial alertness and provide a mix of institutional conditions that directly support female entrepreneurs. By linking an essential individual-level entrepreneurial factor (alertness) with institutions, the study widens the theoretical reach of these factors to the domain of female entrepreneurship in the South African context.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial alertness; institutional factors; growth performance; female entrepreneurship; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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