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Gender specifics in entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics

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  • Sirec, Karin
  • Mocnik, Dijana

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This paper explored Slovenian entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics to understand the existing gender gap in transitional countries, testing the proposed model among small and medium-sized company owners (N = 201; 32.3% female, 67.7% male). The research operationalized entrepreneurs’ characteristics according to psychological and non-psychological motivation factors; the former resulted in four types of Slovenian entrepreneurs while the latter was divided into human and social capital. Significant differences emerged among genders related to certain psychological motivation factors and social capital categories, but not human capital. Women remain an unexploited source of entrepreneurship; thus, Slovenia should establish effective mechanisms to promote female entrepreneurship.

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  • Sirec, Karin & Mocnik, Dijana, 2012. "Gender specifics in entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics," Journal of East European Management Studies, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 17(1), pages 11-39.
    • Handle: RePEc:rai:joeems:doi_10.1688/1862-0019_jeems_2012_01_sirec
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    1. Alfonso Expósito & Amparo Sanchis-Llopis & Juan A. Sanchis-Llopis, 2023. "CEO gender and SMEs innovativeness: evidence for Spanish businesses," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 19(3), pages 1017-1054, September.
    2. Terrence Kairiza & Philemon Kiprono & Vengesai Magadzire, 2017. "Gender differences in financial inclusion amongst entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 48(1), pages 259-272, January.

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    Keywords

    entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship theory; SME; entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics; male and female entrepreneurs;
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General
    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • P20 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - General
    • P31 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Socialist Enterprises and Their Transitions

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