Female Entrepreneurs’ Start-Ups: Emotional Versus Traditional Support

Mateja Vadnjal and Jaka Vadnjal

Chapter 4 in Female Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies, 2015, pp 45-66 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In view of economic crisis, in which a large proportion of lost jobs have to be replaced in new self-employed-style ventures, women may be in a position to utilize their so-far-unrealized entrepreneurial opportunities. There is growing recognition in entrepreneurship research of the fact that economic behaviour can be better understood within its historical, temporal, institutional, spatial, and social contexts, as these contexts provide individuals with opportunities and set boundaries for their actions. Context can be an asset and a liability to the nature and extent of entrepreneurship, but entrepreneurship can also impact contexts (Welter, 2011). From the viewpoint of entrepreneurship research (Furdas and Kohn, 2010), there is a need to question traditionally expressed problems of female entrepreneurship (traditional roles of women in a society, obstacles to financial resources, etc.) and to shift them to a new paradigm of family support. There has been a lack of empirical evidence about the importance of family support regarding household obligations and childcare as well as the emotional support of family members to women-led start-ups.

Keywords: Emotional Support; Entrepreneurial Activity; Transition Economy; Entrepreneurial Intention; International Entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137444516_4

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