Entrepreneurship
Gholamhossein Hosseininia; Ahmad Yaghoubi Farani; Reza Seyedin
Abstract
The main purpose of this applied research is to investigate the factors affecting rural female entrepreneur’s business performance. Based on theoretical literature, business performance is affected by several factors such as demographic characteristics, environmental factors, motives, social networks, ...
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The main purpose of this applied research is to investigate the factors affecting rural female entrepreneur’s business performance. Based on theoretical literature, business performance is affected by several factors such as demographic characteristics, environmental factors, motives, social networks, skills, human capital and social learning. This research has been conducted applying a surveying technique by using questionnaire as the main tool. The population consists of 111 rural women who owned business in Mianeh County. The analysis and structural equation modeling showed the significant relationship between independent variables such as rural women’s goals, motives, planning skill, business skills and their business performance. Based on the research results, straightening these variables can enhance rural women entrepreneurship development.
hasan ali faraji sabokbar; morteza nemati; afshin khaki
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This study has investigated the effects of ICT to increase efficiency and empowerment of rural women using data envelopment analysis (DEA) to investigate the mechanism of effectiveness of information technology (ICT) on the efficiency and empowerment of rural women in the village of Gharn Abad, Golestan ...
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This study has investigated the effects of ICT to increase efficiency and empowerment of rural women using data envelopment analysis (DEA) to investigate the mechanism of effectiveness of information technology (ICT) on the efficiency and empowerment of rural women in the village of Gharn Abad, Golestan province. In this study, using survey methods, 38 users and 25 non-users of technology (control group) were selected by stratified random sampling. Female users of technology were classified into seven levels, with level 1 the least and level 7 the most users. Based on the results, the performance of rural women in basic levels of IT users is better than their performance in higher levels. The study also confirmed the theory of digital gap, and the positive effects of information technologies and communication on empowering women in the economic, social, political, and psychological, dimensions and shows an increase in rural women's performance.
Nooshin Esfahani; Hamid ghezel Sefloo
Volume 9, Issue 4 , March 2012, , Pages 135-149
Abstract
Anxiety of sports is one of the variables which is closely related to sports performance and happens in sports competitions. Considering the negative effects of competitive anxiety on performance of athletes this study tries to compare competitive anxiety of amateur or professional female futsal players ...
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Anxiety of sports is one of the variables which is closely related to sports performance and happens in sports competitions. Considering the negative effects of competitive anxiety on performance of athletes this study tries to compare competitive anxiety of amateur or professional female futsal players and its connection with self confidence and sports performance. The statistical population of this study was 77 university students who were futsal players participating in academic tournaments. 56 of them were randomly placed in amateur group and 21 students were purposively placed in professional group. To assess the level of competitive anxiety of samples, a questionnaire of competitive-state anxiety (CSAI-2) was used. Three subscales of the questionnaire, subjective anxiety, somatic anxiety and self-confidence are assessed by a Likert scale value. In order to analyze the data after Calmograph Smirnoff test, a “t” test and Pearson correlation coefficient were used. The results of the study showed that there are significant differences between competitive anxiety (physical and mental symptoms, and self-confidence) of academic and club futsal players. A direct relationship was also found between competitive anxiety and performance in female futsal players.
