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Women Entrepreneurship In Self Help Groups With Reference To Chennai


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1 Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Madras, India
2 AMET Business School, AMET University, India
     

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Women Entrepreneurship in SHGs gives self-employment to group members and work mutually for their empowerment. In addition, group business provides financial support, moral assistance and co-operative mind set among the women through formation of SHGs. This study focuses the women entrepreneurship in Self Help Groups with reference to Chennai. The major objective of this study is to analyse the demographic profile of SHGs, their motives for entrepreneurship and problems faced by them due to their entrepreneurship. 100 SHG members related to various entrepreneurial activities comes under convenience sampling method and data have been collected through primary and secondary method. Primary data covers questionnaire, interview method and secondary data by way of websites, published journals etc., findings have been given based on analysis and interpretation carried through percentage analysis and chi square method. This study also contributed the suggestions part to improve entrepreneurial activities in SHGs and to overcome their problems with respect to group business.

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Women Entrepreneurship, SHGs, Self-Employment Co-Operative Approach
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Authors

S. Silambarasi
Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Madras, India
A. Shameem
AMET Business School, AMET University, India

Abstract


Women Entrepreneurship in SHGs gives self-employment to group members and work mutually for their empowerment. In addition, group business provides financial support, moral assistance and co-operative mind set among the women through formation of SHGs. This study focuses the women entrepreneurship in Self Help Groups with reference to Chennai. The major objective of this study is to analyse the demographic profile of SHGs, their motives for entrepreneurship and problems faced by them due to their entrepreneurship. 100 SHG members related to various entrepreneurial activities comes under convenience sampling method and data have been collected through primary and secondary method. Primary data covers questionnaire, interview method and secondary data by way of websites, published journals etc., findings have been given based on analysis and interpretation carried through percentage analysis and chi square method. This study also contributed the suggestions part to improve entrepreneurial activities in SHGs and to overcome their problems with respect to group business.

Keywords


Women Entrepreneurship, SHGs, Self-Employment Co-Operative Approach

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