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Women's Perceived Empowerment in Entrepreneurial Efforts: The Role of Bricolage and Psychological Capital

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  • Shaun Paul Digan
  • Gurjeet Kaur Sahi
  • Stanzin Mantok
  • Pankaj C. Patel

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Women's entrepreneurial empowerment—perceived competence, self‐determination, and ability in managing a firm as an entrepreneur—is important to women's entrepreneurship in developing countries. Drawing on a sample of 369 women entrepreneurs from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) located in Gujarat, a western state in India, we find that women's entrepreneurial empowerment is positively associated with firm revenues. Gains from empowerment could be further enhanced for women entrepreneurs managing resource constraints—through bricolage—and meeting the challenges of self‐employment—through psychological capital. The present study contributes to literature on women's entrepreneurial empowerment and SME performance. Women's empowerment and the bolstering effects of bricolage and psychological capital could help government agencies and non‐government organizations devise programs and policies to improve the performance of women‐owned SMEs in developing countries.

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  • Shaun Paul Digan & Gurjeet Kaur Sahi & Stanzin Mantok & Pankaj C. Patel, 2019. "Women's Perceived Empowerment in Entrepreneurial Efforts: The Role of Bricolage and Psychological Capital," Journal of Small Business Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(1), pages 206-229, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ujbmxx:v:57:y:2019:i:1:p:206-229
    DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12402
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    1. Maria Bastida & Ana Olveira & Miguel Ángel Vázquez Taín, 2023. "Are cooperatives gender sensitive? A confirmatory and predictive analysis of women's collective entrepreneurship," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 94(4), pages 1035-1059, December.

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