Gender and Entrepreneurship: a comparative study between the Causation and Effectuation approaches

The literature on the role of gender in entrepreneurship has been growing significantly in recent last years (FRIGOTTO; DELLA VALLE, 2016). However, little has been studied about the influence of gender in the conception of a business venture. In the search for empirical evidence to elucidate the de...

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Autores principales: Felipe Luiz Neves Bezerra de Melo, Rafael Rodrigues da Silva, Tatiane Nunes Viana de Almeida
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:049cb844570d4828b93061036641821b2021-11-11T15:48:07ZGender and Entrepreneurship: a comparative study between the Causation and Effectuation approaches1807-734X10.15728/bbr.2019.16.3.5https://doaj.org/article/049cb844570d4828b93061036641821b2019-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123062259005https://doaj.org/toc/1807-734XThe literature on the role of gender in entrepreneurship has been growing significantly in recent last years (FRIGOTTO; DELLA VALLE, 2016). However, little has been studied about the influence of gender in the conception of a business venture. In the search for empirical evidence to elucidate the debate about this gap in the literature, this research sought to verify whether there is an association between gender and the approaches Causation - based on causality - and Effectuation – based on contingencies - (SARASVATHY, 2001). For this purpose, a survey was conducted with Individual Micro Entrepreneurs (MEI) in the city of Nova Cruz/RN. A probabilistic random sample of 100 respondents was collected. The survey was composed of closed questions, including the profile of the entrepreneur, company profile and the Causation and Effectuation questions. The techniques of factorial analysis and multiple linear regression were used for data analysis. The results show a positive and statistically significant association between the female gender and the Causation perspective.Felipe Luiz Neves Bezerra de MeloRafael Rodrigues da SilvaTatiane Nunes Viana de AlmeidaFUCAPE Business SchoolarticlegenderentrepreneurshipcausationeffectuationBusinessHF5001-6182ENPTBBR: Brazilian Business Review, Vol 16, Iss 3, Pp 273-296 (2019)
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topic gender
entrepreneurship
causation
effectuation
Business
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entrepreneurship
causation
effectuation
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Felipe Luiz Neves Bezerra de Melo
Rafael Rodrigues da Silva
Tatiane Nunes Viana de Almeida
Gender and Entrepreneurship: a comparative study between the Causation and Effectuation approaches
description The literature on the role of gender in entrepreneurship has been growing significantly in recent last years (FRIGOTTO; DELLA VALLE, 2016). However, little has been studied about the influence of gender in the conception of a business venture. In the search for empirical evidence to elucidate the debate about this gap in the literature, this research sought to verify whether there is an association between gender and the approaches Causation - based on causality - and Effectuation – based on contingencies - (SARASVATHY, 2001). For this purpose, a survey was conducted with Individual Micro Entrepreneurs (MEI) in the city of Nova Cruz/RN. A probabilistic random sample of 100 respondents was collected. The survey was composed of closed questions, including the profile of the entrepreneur, company profile and the Causation and Effectuation questions. The techniques of factorial analysis and multiple linear regression were used for data analysis. The results show a positive and statistically significant association between the female gender and the Causation perspective.
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author Felipe Luiz Neves Bezerra de Melo
Rafael Rodrigues da Silva
Tatiane Nunes Viana de Almeida
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Rafael Rodrigues da Silva
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title Gender and Entrepreneurship: a comparative study between the Causation and Effectuation approaches
title_short Gender and Entrepreneurship: a comparative study between the Causation and Effectuation approaches
title_full Gender and Entrepreneurship: a comparative study between the Causation and Effectuation approaches
title_fullStr Gender and Entrepreneurship: a comparative study between the Causation and Effectuation approaches
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