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The Dynamics Of Strategic Entry And Motivations Of Yoruba Female Textile Traders In The Balogun Market, Lagos State, Nigeria

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  • OLABISI SHERIFAT YUSUFF

    (Department of Sociology, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria)

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Despite the significant contributions of women in economic development nationally, the unrecognized attitude of the government, lack of existing legal framework and policies, vagaries of informal economy and changes in the social–economic landscape have accounted largely for the closure of female enterprises in the informal economy. Using Yoruba female textile traders as a case study because these women have broken the "glass ceiling" and made a success of their textile trading, this paper examined the dynamics of entry and motivations of Yoruba women in textile trading. The paper synthesized Social Capital Theory by Coleman and Social Action Theory by Max Weber to explain the issue. It utilized a qualitative method of data collection. Eight focus group discussions and forty in-depth interviews were used to collect information from the women participants who were purposively chosen. The data reveal that parents, family/kinship members and friends had great influence in the strategic entry of women into textile trading in the Balogun market and the subsequent development of women's entrepreneurial activities. Yoruba female textile traders were motivated into textile trading because of economic and cultural values attached to the trade. This data is essential toward policy formulation for women's entrepreneurial development in the informal economy. This paper argues that any policies implemented for women entrepreneurs in the informal economy must be conceived, formulated and implemented with an in-depth understanding of the nuanced elements in the cultural domain within the social system, which the existing literature has yet to capture.

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  • Olabisi Sherifat Yusuff, 2013. "The Dynamics Of Strategic Entry And Motivations Of Yoruba Female Textile Traders In The Balogun Market, Lagos State, Nigeria," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(02), pages 1-25.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jdexxx:v:18:y:2013:i:02:n:s108494671350012x
    DOI: 10.1142/S108494671350012X
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