Abstract
The presence of a gap between genders in
entrepreneurship has been attracting
increasing academic attention. This gap is
wider from developing countries like
Pakistan in which women entrepreneurs
represent only one percent of this gender’s
population. This increasing gender gap in
entrepreneurial activity from developing
countries perspective suggest that more
research is needed to explain individual
intent. Based on the theory of planned
behavior this study assesses gender
difference in the entrepreneurial intentions
from developing countries context, like
Pakistan. Data is collected using crosssectional survey from the 499 final year
students of nine universities from Sindh,
Pakistan. The results of this study revealed
a positive and significant impact of SN,
attitude and PBC for male students’
entrepreneurial intentions, while attitude
and PBC were the significant predictors of
female students’ entrepreneurial intentions.
This suggested that it is unlikely to find
impact of social norms on gender for
predicting the entrepreneurial intentions in
Pakistan. The findings confirm the theory
of planned behavior and contribute the
impact of attitude and PBC entrepreneurial
intention from developing countries context
but remained inconclusive for subjective
norms from gender perspective. The findings of this paper also have implication
for policy makers, academicians, and
professionals.
ALTAF HUSSAIN, NORASHIDAH HASHIM. (2016) GENDER ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS: A DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PERSPECTIVE, Paradigms , Vol 10, Issue 2 .
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