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Vol.10, No.3, August 2021. ISSN: 2217-8309 eISSN: 2217-8333
TEM Journal
TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, MANAGEMENT, INFORMATICS Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science |
Entrepreneurial Orientation of Male and Female Entrepreneurs in Small Firms
Janka Betáková, Małgorzata Okręglicka, Katarína Havierniková
© 2021 Katarína Havierniková, published by UIKTEN. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Citation Information: TEM Journal. Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 1307-1313, ISSN 2217-8309, DOI: 10.18421/TEM103-38, August 2021.
Received: 28 May 2021. Revised: 29 July 2021.
Abstract:
Many research studies indicate differences in the activities of small enterprises run by female and male entrepreneurs. These differences also apply to shaping entrepreneurial orientation. The main aim of the paper is to identify the entrepreneurial orientation in dimensions of autonomy, innovation, risk-taking, different level of proactivity, and competitive aggressiveness in relation to the gender of the entrepreneurs. This paper presents the results of a survey conducted among 220 small enterprises in Poland. The research showed a similar level of entrepreneurial orientation in the observed dimensions and the positive correlation between entrepreneurial orientation and the economic performance of enterprises in both studied groups.
Keywords : entrepreneurial orientation, gender, small firms, proactivity, innovation, risk-taking, competitive aggressiveness, autonomy. |
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