TITLE:
Comparative Study of the Factors of Female Entrepreneurship in China and Pakistan
AUTHORS:
Rabia Gul, Cisheng Wu, Barkat Ullah Khan
KEYWORDS:
Social Support, Financial Support, Entrepreneurial Knowledge, Achievement Orientation, Entrepreneurial Intention, Entrepreneurial Self Efficacy
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.9 No.2,
February
24,
2021
ABSTRACT: Entrepreneurship has become
very popular in the recent times and people
are pursuing opportunities for new venture creation in different sectors. The phenomenon
of “female entrepreneurship” is gaining wide popularity worldwide and now the interest
of women in carrying out entrepreneurial activities is also increasing owing to the female empowerment in societies. The female entrepreneurs are highly affected by social, personality and institutional factors that motivate and encourage
them in their entrepreneurial activities. The purpose of this study is to find out
the impact of social support, financial support, entrepreneurial knowledge and achievement orientation on female entrepreneurial
intention along with the mediating impact of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. For
this purpose, the data was collected from 311 respondents from China and
311 from Pakistan through the administration of questionnaire.
SPSS and AMOS were used for analysis and structural equation modelling has been used. The results have suggested
that in case of China, all independent variables
have significant impacts on female entrepreneurial
intention but in case of Pakistan, financial
support does not have the significant impact
on female entrepreneurial intention. On the other hand, in case of China, the mediating role of entrepreneurial
self-efficacy is significant in all cases, but in case of
Pakistan, this mediating role is not significant in case of entrepreneurial knowledge.