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Contribution of Background and Psychosocial Variables to the Entrepreneurial Disposition of Women Entrepreneurs
Locus of control, conceptual understanding of entrepreneurship, and perceived ladder of success of 32 women entrepreneurs in food processing enterprises in Chennai (N=16) and Bangalore (N=16) were investigated. Locus of control scale 1 and two other scales (self-devised) to measure conceptual unders...
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2005
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| Summary: | Locus of control, conceptual understanding of entrepreneurship, and perceived ladder of success of 32 women entrepreneurs in food processing enterprises in Chennai (N=16) and Bangalore (N=16) were investigated. Locus of control scale 1 and two other scales (self-devised) to measure conceptual understanding and perceived ladder of success were used for data collection. Step-wise regression analyses on these variables were done by using background variables like, age, social category, education, years of experience in this field, monthly income, membership in associations, professional training, husband's education and present occupation. Among psychosocial variables except the dependent variables rest two variables along with a rating scale about their perception of success were also used for regression equation along with the background variables. Results revealed that social category emerged as the common predictor of locus if control, conceptual understanding of entrepreneurship, ladder of success at present and perceptions of success, which contributed negatively for the first two variables but positively for the other two variables. The socio-cultural backgrounds of the... |
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