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Influence Factors and Motivation of Women Entrepreneurs in Greater Bay Area

Authors
Xiaozhen Huang1, *
1Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China
*Corresponding author. Email: a1158649@live.hkmu.edu.hk
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Xiaozhen Huang
Available Online 27 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-052-7_158How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Woman entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial motivation; Gender inequality; Greater Bay Area
Abstract

This paper sorted out the influence factors from three-level environment (macro-level, meso-level, and micro-level) that have impact on women entrepreneurs’ motivation to go into entrepreneurship. Questionnaire survey was used to study women entrepreneurs in the Greater Bay Area about their motivations and to what extent that factors three-level environments would encourage/discourage them to start a business. As to focus on the distinct characteristics of the female entrepreneurs in this research, the sample excluded male respondents and those whose household or permanent resident were not in Greater Bay Area. Findings of previous studies on women entrepreneurs are also employed for comparisons and contrasts. Data collected has been analyzed by IBM SPSS, pointing out that, self-actualization is the core entrepreneurial motivation of women in this region, and gender inequality, government interference and technology advancement significantly have correlation with women entrepreneurial motivation. This research products significant implications for female individuals, NGOs and government to take relevant measures to guide and support women entrepreneurship.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Economics, Smart Finance and Contemporary Trade (ESFCT 2022)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
27 December 2022
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978-94-6463-052-7
ISSN
2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-052-7_158How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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