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Factors Effecting Performance of Women Entrepreneurship:An Empirical Study in Saudi Arabia


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1 Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, India
2 Decision Support Unit, College of Business Administration, Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia
 

This paper highlights the key indicators of the performance of women entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia. The emergence of women entrepreneur and their contribution to the national economy are quite visible in Saudi Arabia. Women have become aware of their existence, rights & work situations. While women entrepreneurship and the formation of women business networks are growing rapidly, a number of factors are significant towards the success of women entrepreneurs which are discussed in the paper. The study administered a survey questionnaire in collecting primary data. The sample of 100 women entrepreneurs was surveyed for this research. Data collected are processed in SPSS 20.1 to generate statistical results. Correlation Matrix is used to find correlation between the variables. The study states that professional education, family business inheritance, family motivation and social values are key performance indicator towards the success of the entrepreneurs.

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Women Entrepreneur, Performance Indicators, Correlation Matrix.
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Authors

Saif Abidi
Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, India
Syed Md. Faisal Ali Khan
Decision Support Unit, College of Business Administration, Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia

Abstract


This paper highlights the key indicators of the performance of women entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia. The emergence of women entrepreneur and their contribution to the national economy are quite visible in Saudi Arabia. Women have become aware of their existence, rights & work situations. While women entrepreneurship and the formation of women business networks are growing rapidly, a number of factors are significant towards the success of women entrepreneurs which are discussed in the paper. The study administered a survey questionnaire in collecting primary data. The sample of 100 women entrepreneurs was surveyed for this research. Data collected are processed in SPSS 20.1 to generate statistical results. Correlation Matrix is used to find correlation between the variables. The study states that professional education, family business inheritance, family motivation and social values are key performance indicator towards the success of the entrepreneurs.

Keywords


Women Entrepreneur, Performance Indicators, Correlation Matrix.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20968/rpm%2F2018%2Fv16%2Fi1%2F175081