TY - JOUR
T1 - The normative context for women's participation in entrepreneruship
T2 - A multicountry study
AU - Baughn, C. Christopher
AU - Chua, Bee Leng
AU - Neupert, Kent E.
PY - 2006/9
Y1 - 2006/9
N2 - Building on Global Entrepreneurship Monitor research, this study examines the impact of specific norms supporting women's entrepreneurship on the relative rates of women to men engaged in entrepreneurship in different countries. These specific norms are themselves related to both a country's general support for entrepreneurship and its level of gender equality. Countries with higher overall levels of entrepreneurial activity also tended to evidence higher relative proportions of female participation. These findings are still seen when controlling for the substantial effect of countries' economic development in shaping patterns of entrepreneurial activity.
AB - Building on Global Entrepreneurship Monitor research, this study examines the impact of specific norms supporting women's entrepreneurship on the relative rates of women to men engaged in entrepreneurship in different countries. These specific norms are themselves related to both a country's general support for entrepreneurship and its level of gender equality. Countries with higher overall levels of entrepreneurial activity also tended to evidence higher relative proportions of female participation. These findings are still seen when controlling for the substantial effect of countries' economic development in shaping patterns of entrepreneurial activity.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33748183332&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00142.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00142.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33748183332
SN - 1042-2587
VL - 30
SP - 687
EP - 708
JO - Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
JF - Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
IS - 5
ER -
