Empirical Evidence of Obstacles of Women Entrepreneurship's Growth in Malaysia

Women's equality and empowerment are one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that was initiated to eliminate gender discrimination. This goal can be achieved through establishing women entrepreneurship by employing critical failure factor analysis. Thus, this study was aimed to explore the...

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Main Authors: Abu Bakar, Juliana, Mohamad, Zam Zuriyati, S. A., Sharmeela-Banu, Ganapathy, Thavamalar
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spelling my.uum.repo.299762023-11-27T09:27:00Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29976/ Empirical Evidence of Obstacles of Women Entrepreneurship's Growth in Malaysia Abu Bakar, Juliana Mohamad, Zam Zuriyati S. A., Sharmeela-Banu Ganapathy, Thavamalar HF Commerce Women's equality and empowerment are one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that was initiated to eliminate gender discrimination. This goal can be achieved through establishing women entrepreneurship by employing critical failure factor analysis. Thus, this study was aimed to explore the obstacles faced by women entrepreneurs; consisting of restricted training and education, legal constraints, limited access to financial resources, and family-related interface. Besides, this study was intended to examine how these obstacles affected women entrepreneurs' growth. Data related to 109 women entrepreneurs' in Malaysia were collected. The Relative Importance Index (RII) was used to rank these obstacles. Subsequently, partial least square structural equation model analysis was performed on the data. The findings revealed that restricted training and education, limited access to financial resources, and family related interface have an adverse effect on women entrepreneurs' growth. Therefore, theoretically this study offered a new women entrepreneurs model by linking the obstacles and growth within a single study. UUM Press 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29976/1/JBMA%2010%2002%202020%2067-84.pdf Abu Bakar, Juliana and Mohamad, Zam Zuriyati and S. A., Sharmeela-Banu and Ganapathy, Thavamalar (2020) Empirical Evidence of Obstacles of Women Entrepreneurship's Growth in Malaysia. Journal of Business Management and Accounting (JBMA), 10 (2). pp. 67-84. ISSN 2231-9298 (e2636-9249) https://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/jbma/article/view/12137 https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2020.10.2.5 https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2020.10.2.5
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic HF Commerce
spellingShingle HF Commerce
Abu Bakar, Juliana
Mohamad, Zam Zuriyati
S. A., Sharmeela-Banu
Ganapathy, Thavamalar
Empirical Evidence of Obstacles of Women Entrepreneurship's Growth in Malaysia
description Women's equality and empowerment are one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that was initiated to eliminate gender discrimination. This goal can be achieved through establishing women entrepreneurship by employing critical failure factor analysis. Thus, this study was aimed to explore the obstacles faced by women entrepreneurs; consisting of restricted training and education, legal constraints, limited access to financial resources, and family-related interface. Besides, this study was intended to examine how these obstacles affected women entrepreneurs' growth. Data related to 109 women entrepreneurs' in Malaysia were collected. The Relative Importance Index (RII) was used to rank these obstacles. Subsequently, partial least square structural equation model analysis was performed on the data. The findings revealed that restricted training and education, limited access to financial resources, and family related interface have an adverse effect on women entrepreneurs' growth. Therefore, theoretically this study offered a new women entrepreneurs model by linking the obstacles and growth within a single study.
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author Abu Bakar, Juliana
Mohamad, Zam Zuriyati
S. A., Sharmeela-Banu
Ganapathy, Thavamalar
author_facet Abu Bakar, Juliana
Mohamad, Zam Zuriyati
S. A., Sharmeela-Banu
Ganapathy, Thavamalar
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title Empirical Evidence of Obstacles of Women Entrepreneurship's Growth in Malaysia
title_short Empirical Evidence of Obstacles of Women Entrepreneurship's Growth in Malaysia
title_full Empirical Evidence of Obstacles of Women Entrepreneurship's Growth in Malaysia
title_fullStr Empirical Evidence of Obstacles of Women Entrepreneurship's Growth in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Empirical Evidence of Obstacles of Women Entrepreneurship's Growth in Malaysia
title_sort empirical evidence of obstacles of women entrepreneurship's growth in malaysia
publisher UUM Press
publishDate 2020
url https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29976/1/JBMA%2010%2002%202020%2067-84.pdf
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https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29976/
https://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/jbma/article/view/12137
https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2020.10.2.5
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