Zahra Arasti; Ahmad Kanani; Navisa Sadat SeyedGhasemi
Abstract
Introduction/literature review/objectives: one of the influencing factors in entrepreneurship isentrepreneurs' motivations. Some studieshave shown that men and women becomeentrepreneurs with different motivations. However, entrepreneurs' motivations in the industrysector, especially consideringthe sex ...
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Introduction/literature review/objectives: one of the influencing factors in entrepreneurship isentrepreneurs' motivations. Some studieshave shown that men and women becomeentrepreneurs with different motivations. However, entrepreneurs' motivations in the industrysector, especially consideringthe sex factor, have been less studied. This study aims toidentify similarities and differences in women and men entrepreneurs' motivations usinga mixmethod research in a sample of entrepreneurs in the industry sector atthe Golestan provinceMethodology: this is a mix method of qualitative exploratory research in order to identifyentrepreneurs' motivations. Data was gathered by deep interviews with 20 entrepreneurs.Then, a quantitative descriptive study was undertakenin order to compare and prioritizewomen and men entrepreneurs' motivations based on data gatheredthrougha predefinedquestionnaire.Results/discussion/analysis: the results of the qualitative study showed that entrepreneurs'motivations in the industry sector are earning money, creating jobs, opportunity exploitation,helping the society, proving competencies, internal satisfaction, and independence. Theresults also showedthat there is asignificant difference between women and menentrepreneurs for two motivations of "proving competencies" and "earning money".Conclusion: These results help policy makers to further focus on the development of women'sentrepreneurship in Iran.