Motivational Factors of Female Entrepreneurs

Alicia Mas-Tur, Domingo Ribeiro Soriano and Norat Roig-Tierno

Chapter 3 in Female Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies, 2015, pp 31-44 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The first article on business creation by women was published midway through the 1970s. The author was Eleanor Brantley Schwartz (1976), and it appeared in the Journal of Contemporary Business. The article, entitled ‘Entrepreneurship: A New Female Frontier’, was based on 20 interviews with female entrepreneurs. Schwartz combined descriptive and exploratory research to identify traits, motivations, and personal attitudes common to these 20 women, concluding that the main drivers were the same as for men: the need for success, independence, economic reward, and work satisfaction.

Keywords: Business Owner; Entrepreneurial Intention; Corporate Entrepreneurship; International Entrepreneurship; Woman Entrepreneur (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137444516_3

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