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Cross-Cultural Analysis of Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship
- Source :
- Changing Societies & Personalities, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 83-102 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Ural Federal University, 2021.
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Abstract
- Women entrepreneurs have progressively gained more space in what is mostly a man-dominated business world. However, a considerable gender gap in the likelihood of starting a business venture still exists in most countries in the world. Such gap can vary depending on the country and on its socio-cultural, legal and economic conditions among others. In this paper, Hofstedeās cultural dimensions and the Human Development Index of 55 countries are tested in order to identify what factors have a positive effect on the gender gap. Results indicate that the most influential factor is the Human Development index, meaning that the more developed a country is, the lower the gender gap in the entrepreneurship is. In addition, the results also indicate that a lower level of gender gap is also observed in rather individualistic, pragmatic and risk-adverse cultures.
- Subjects :
- Social sciences (General)
H1-99
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 25876104 and 25878964
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Changing Societies & Personalities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.f59a566855b9417f936aa957ec61dfe0
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.15826/csp.2021.5.1.123