TITLE:
Social Economics and Women Entrepreneurship—A Competency Approach
AUTHORS:
Purna Prabhakar Nandamuri, Vijayudu Gnanamkonda, Chakravarthi Koundinya
KEYWORDS:
Social Economics, Entrepreneurship, Human Capital, Personal Entrepreneurial Competency, Women Entrepreneurs
JOURNAL NAME:
Theoretical Economics Letters,
Vol.9 No.5,
May
17,
2019
ABSTRACT: Purpose
of the Study: The fundamental determinants of entrepreneurship
are entrepreneur and the society and the interlinked categories of human,
financial, and social capitals. The present study takes a competency approach
to test the human capital of women to understand the reasons for disparity in
entrepreneurship. Data/Methodology: 164 management students—102 male and
62 female, interested to take up entrepreneurial career, were administered with
PEC Self-Rating Questionnaire and the responses were analyzed with ANOVA and t test
for difference between group means, followed by effect size measurement to
derive practical significance of the relationship. Findings: Out of 13
entrepreneurial competencies tested, differences are observed for eight
components and larger effect is observed only for two components while the mean
differences were not more than 0.66 on a scale of 5.00. Originality: The
originality lies in the findings that gender-specific competency-gap has been
narrowing down in the Indian emerging economy.