Women entrepreneurs and sustainable development: Promoting business performance from the low-income groups
Starting a small business demands diligence, sound business acumen, and the ability to adapt to market dynamics. The study examines the direct effect of governmental support, subjective norms, personality, entrepreneurship education, and entrepreneurship mindset on the performance of female entrepre...
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| author | Nurul Hidayana Mohd Noor Ibraheem Saleh Al Koliby Abdullah Kaid Al-Swidi Mohammed A. Al-Hakimi |
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| description | Starting a small business demands diligence, sound business acumen, and the ability to adapt to market dynamics. The study examines the direct effect of governmental support, subjective norms, personality, entrepreneurship education, and entrepreneurship mindset on the performance of female entrepreneurs in micro-businesses from low-income groups (B40). The study also examines the mediation effect of the entrepreneurship mindset as an enabler that provides the motivation and energy for entrepreneurs to develop a thriving business. The study provides the latest insights by delivering the analysis from the three broad analysis levels: micro, meso, and macro, and by examining the enablers from individual, societal, and institutional perspectives. The study adopts a cross-sectional survey, and the instrument was administered to 237 respondents in the cities of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, who were purposively selected. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling, revealing that the entrepreneurship mindset becomes a mediator variable in the relationship between governmental support, subjective norms, personality, entrepreneurship education, and business performance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ea4d720cc81c46bc93fbf94e072eb0d72025-08-20T02:06:47ZengElsevierSustainable Futures2666-18882025-06-01910067510.1016/j.sftr.2025.100675Women entrepreneurs and sustainable development: Promoting business performance from the low-income groupsNurul Hidayana Mohd Noor0Ibraheem Saleh Al Koliby1Abdullah Kaid Al-Swidi2Mohammed A. Al-Hakimi3Faculty of Administrative Science & Policy Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, MalaysiaSchool of International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia; Department of Marketing and Production, Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Thamar University, Dhamar, Yemen; Corresponding authors.College of Business and Economics, Qatar University, Doha, QatarDepartment of Marketing and Production, Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Thamar University, Dhamar, Yemen; Korea University Business School, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea; Corresponding authors.Starting a small business demands diligence, sound business acumen, and the ability to adapt to market dynamics. The study examines the direct effect of governmental support, subjective norms, personality, entrepreneurship education, and entrepreneurship mindset on the performance of female entrepreneurs in micro-businesses from low-income groups (B40). The study also examines the mediation effect of the entrepreneurship mindset as an enabler that provides the motivation and energy for entrepreneurs to develop a thriving business. The study provides the latest insights by delivering the analysis from the three broad analysis levels: micro, meso, and macro, and by examining the enablers from individual, societal, and institutional perspectives. The study adopts a cross-sectional survey, and the instrument was administered to 237 respondents in the cities of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, who were purposively selected. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling, revealing that the entrepreneurship mindset becomes a mediator variable in the relationship between governmental support, subjective norms, personality, entrepreneurship education, and business performance.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188825002436Governmental supportSubjective normsPersonalityEntrepreneurship educationEntrepreneurship mindsetBusiness performance |
| spellingShingle | Nurul Hidayana Mohd Noor Ibraheem Saleh Al Koliby Abdullah Kaid Al-Swidi Mohammed A. Al-Hakimi Women entrepreneurs and sustainable development: Promoting business performance from the low-income groups Sustainable Futures Governmental support Subjective norms Personality Entrepreneurship education Entrepreneurship mindset Business performance |
| title | Women entrepreneurs and sustainable development: Promoting business performance from the low-income groups |
| title_full | Women entrepreneurs and sustainable development: Promoting business performance from the low-income groups |
| title_fullStr | Women entrepreneurs and sustainable development: Promoting business performance from the low-income groups |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women entrepreneurs and sustainable development: Promoting business performance from the low-income groups |
| title_short | Women entrepreneurs and sustainable development: Promoting business performance from the low-income groups |
| title_sort | women entrepreneurs and sustainable development promoting business performance from the low income groups |
| topic | Governmental support Subjective norms Personality Entrepreneurship education Entrepreneurship mindset Business performance |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188825002436 |
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