JWEEPub Date : 2024-06-14DOI: 10.28934/jwee24.34.pp24-49
Bernard Dosti, Donald Vullnetari
{"title":"A Gender Perspective Analysis of the Interaction between Public and Private Sector Employment – A Study of Western Balkan Countries","authors":"Bernard Dosti, Donald Vullnetari","doi":"10.28934/jwee24.34.pp24-49","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28934/jwee24.34.pp24-49","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the connection between expanding public-sector employment and its impact on private-sector job growth. Our focus is on understanding whether public hiring “crowds in” or “crowds out” private jobs, and further, if crowding out occurs, whether it leads to “partial crowding out” (reducing unemployment), “full crowding out” (no change in unemployment), or “more than full crowding out” (increased unemployment). This paper uses data from 2006 to 2022 from five Western Balkan (WB) countries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina (BiH), Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. The findings show a strong negative link between public and private sector job growth. Similar to the unemployment model, the results suggest “full crowding out,” meaning each new job in the public sector leads to roughly one fewer job in the private sector. This implies that adding public jobs does not create new jobs overall, but simply shifts them from one sector to another. Also, traditional gender roles shape labor markets in the WB, leading to lower labor force participation rates for women compared to men and influencing the dynamics between public and private employment sectors.","PeriodicalId":516065,"journal":{"name":"JWEE","volume":"38 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141339718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JWEEPub Date : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.28934/jwee24.34.pp1-23
Sabina Ibrahimović İldokuz, Ercan Ergün
{"title":"The Influence of Entrepreneurial Identity and Maternal Identity Centrality on Creative Opportunity Search Strategies and Action Likelihood","authors":"Sabina Ibrahimović İldokuz, Ercan Ergün","doi":"10.28934/jwee24.34.pp1-23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28934/jwee24.34.pp1-23","url":null,"abstract":"Based on existing theoretical and empirical studies, this paper’s purpose is to examine the agents relevant to the process of mumpreneurs’ creative search and action likelihood toward new opportunities with an emphasis on two main identities: maternal and entrepreneurial as experienced by mumpreneurs in Turkey. The study examines the significance of both entrepreneurial and maternal identities on the use of creative strategies while searching for potential new opportunities and action likelihood toward these opportunities. Data for the study was collected using survey methodology on mumpreneurs in major urban cities of Turkey. The structural model measures entrepreneurial identity and maternal identity centrality, creative search strategies and action likelihood using a sample of 302 mumpreneurs: 169 part-time and 133 full-time mumpreneurs. Study findings reveal that between the two identities, entrepreneurial identity has a stronger positive effect on the use of creative strategies and action likelihood while maternal identity had a positive but quite low impact on the same variables. The use of creative strategies had a significantly positive and high impact on action likelihood. ‘Years of experience’ control variable has been found to have a significant negative influence on creative opportunity search strategies and action likelihood. This study helps us understand how motherhood’s powerful emotions and attachment to identities, which are highly central to the self, affect the entrepreneurial decision-making process.","PeriodicalId":516065,"journal":{"name":"JWEE","volume":"22 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141272202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JWEEPub Date : 2024-04-18DOI: 10.28934/jwee24.12.pp248-269
Eman Awad Albaddawi
{"title":"Advancing Women’s Empowerment: Influential Factors in The Educational Sector of Jordan","authors":"Eman Awad Albaddawi","doi":"10.28934/jwee24.12.pp248-269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28934/jwee24.12.pp248-269","url":null,"abstract":"Women’s empowerment is crucial in creating a more equitable society, breaking gender barriers, and fostering sustainable growth by harnessing the talents and contributions of women, especially in the education sector. The percentage of women in the labor force in Jordan is among the lowest worldwide; thus, there is a need to examine the factors affecting this phenomenon. The presented study aims to examine the underlying factors that impact women's empowerment in Jordan’s education sector. The selected factors were economic needs, job efficiency, leadership, social needs, organizational commitment, organizational satisfaction, and public policy. The study used convenience sampling to collect data. A survey questionnaire was the main technique for data collection. In total, 367 questionnaires were distributed to women who occupy administrative positions; 311 questionnaires were systematically gathered (84.7% response rate). Structural equation modeling was set as the basis of analysis. The results suggested that economic needs, job efficiency, leadership, social needs, organizational commitment, organizational satisfaction, and public policy have a positive direct impact on women's empowerment in Jordan’s education sector. Further studies are encouraged to confirm the findings by taking the background of the respondents into account.","PeriodicalId":516065,"journal":{"name":"JWEE","volume":" 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140686352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JWEEPub Date : 2024-04-17DOI: 10.28934/jwee24.12.pp227-247
A. G. Agu, Ihuoma Godswill Agu, Aidin Salamzadeh
{"title":"Women Entrepreneurship Development During COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"A. G. Agu, Ihuoma Godswill Agu, Aidin Salamzadeh","doi":"10.28934/jwee24.12.pp227-247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28934/jwee24.12.pp227-247","url":null,"abstract":"Little research attention has been drawn to the negative versus positive effects of the novel COVID-19 pandemic on women-led enterprises. The Nigerian context that focuses on women of the most renowned entrepreneurial ethnic group in Sub-Saharan Africa has not been explored in the academic literature. This study explores the perceived effects of the novel COVID-19 pandemic on women entrepreneurship development in Nigeria by focusing on Igbo women entrepreneurs. A qualitative survey involving in-depth interviews of 28 nascent and established Igbo women entrepreneurs was conducted. Leveraging the Framing Effect Theory, thematic analysis was performed on the collected data. Findings indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic had both negative (loss of revenues, difficulty in repaying ongoing loans, damage of goods in the store, and inability to meet set growth targets) and positive (innovativeness, entrepreneurship opportunities, fulfilling entrepreneurship ambition, and digitization of entrepreneurship) effects on Igbo women-owned enterprises in Southeast Nigeria. However, contrary to previous research, nascent entrepreneurs are more positively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic than experienced/established entrepreneurs. The study, thus, contributes to theory and practice by providing insightful directions for policymaking on women entrepreneurship development during economic crisis.","PeriodicalId":516065,"journal":{"name":"JWEE","volume":" 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140691583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JWEEPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.28934/jwee24.12.pp207-226
Nansy Karali, Christos Livas, Faidon Theofanidis
{"title":"Perceived Technological Innovativeness, Entrepreneurial Proactiveness, and Performance in Established Women-Led Companies","authors":"Nansy Karali, Christos Livas, Faidon Theofanidis","doi":"10.28934/jwee24.12.pp207-226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28934/jwee24.12.pp207-226","url":null,"abstract":"The contribution of women as corporate executives to their companies’ entrepreneurial outcomes is significant, as they can often enhance critical aspects of organizational innovativeness and proactiveness. This research investigated the effect of perceived technological innovativeness (PTI) on perceived entrepreneurial proactiveness (PEP) and, subsequently, the effect of PEP on the perceived company performance (PCP) of established firms with females in their top management teams. An examination of a judgmental sample of 83 female executives employed in Greek firms with over €10 million annual turnover showed that PTI had a significant and positive effect on PEP, and subsequently, PEP had a significant and positive effect on PCP. Apart from corroborating existing literature about the positive impact of entrepreneurial proactiveness on company performance, the study indicated that, according to the perceptions of female executives, entrepreneurial proactiveness acts as a bridge between technological innovativeness and company performance. Thus, it appeared that when a company is characterized by (or fosters the advancement of) technological innovativeness, it encourages creative thinking and focuses on opportunity identification and exploitation. This proactive approach to technological innovativeness enables the organization to improve its performance by staying ahead of its competitors, adapting to the dynamic environment, anticipating future market trends and exploiting opportunities.","PeriodicalId":516065,"journal":{"name":"JWEE","volume":"84 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140762083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JWEEPub Date : 2024-03-19DOI: 10.28934/jwee24.12.pp157-176
Lazar Živković, Dijana Štrbac, M. Paunović
{"title":"Digitalisation, Growth Vision and Gender Equality Practices in the Machines and Equipment Sector – Does Gender Matter?","authors":"Lazar Živković, Dijana Štrbac, M. Paunović","doi":"10.28934/jwee24.12.pp157-176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28934/jwee24.12.pp157-176","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the nuanced relationship between gender diversity in senior management and key aspects of organizational dynamics in the machines and equipment sector in the Republic of Serbia. The aim is to uncover differences in digitalization, growth strategies and gender equality measures between companies led by women and men. Employing field research methods, specifically utilizing Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing, the results show that companies led by women have a higher propensity to adopt information and communication technologies, a more optimistic view of their future development over the next five years, greater gender diversity among employees and more robust implementation of gender equality policies compared to companies led exclusively by men. The research findings highlight the significant impact of gender diversity in leadership on business outcomes and show that women-led companies are proactively embracing digitalization, promoting growth optimism and implementing gender equality initiatives. These findings offer valuable insights for business leaders, policymakers and researchers working on initiatives to promote diversity, equality, and technological progress.","PeriodicalId":516065,"journal":{"name":"JWEE","volume":"39 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140229451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JWEEPub Date : 2024-03-19DOI: 10.28934/jwee24.12.pp141-156
Riyanto Efendi, Hari Mulyadi, D. Disman, Imas Purnamasari, Prisilia Angel Tantri
{"title":"The Role of Gender in Fostering Interest in Entrepreneurship in Indonesia","authors":"Riyanto Efendi, Hari Mulyadi, D. Disman, Imas Purnamasari, Prisilia Angel Tantri","doi":"10.28934/jwee24.12.pp141-156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28934/jwee24.12.pp141-156","url":null,"abstract":"Gender in entrepreneurship is an important issue. This research aims to determine the role of gender in the influence of entrepreneurial knowledge on entrepreneurial interest, which is mediated by entrepreneurial attitudes and subjective entrepreneurial norms. The respondents in this research were 156 active Strata-1 students, 115 female students, and 41 male students. The research method used is quantitative with a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach. The main limitation of this research is that it only examines the role of gender in the influence of entrepreneurial knowledge on entrepreneurial interest, which is mediated by entrepreneurial attitudes and subjective entrepreneurial norms. The research findings indicate that gender moderation is more pronounced among females, with females exhibiting a more positive and significant influence on hypotheses five through seven. The results of the hypotheses show that entrepreneurial knowledge does not significantly influence entrepreneurial attitudes. However, the second hypothesis demonstrates a positive and significant relationship between entrepreneurial knowledge and subjective norms of entrepreneurship. Additionally, the third hypothesis highlights the positive impact of entrepreneurial attitudes on entrepreneurial interest. Finally, the fourth hypothesis suggests that entrepreneurial subjective norms significantly influence interest in entrepreneurship.","PeriodicalId":516065,"journal":{"name":"JWEE","volume":"11 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140228885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determinants of Digital Technology Adoption Among Women Entrepreneurs","authors":"Nungky Viana Feranita, Andrias Dwi Mahendrawan, Asmuni Asmuni","doi":"10.28934/jwee24.12.pp66-92","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28934/jwee24.12.pp66-92","url":null,"abstract":"Women entrepreneurs are promoted to adopt digital technology as a means of enhancing business performance. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the impact of human, social, financial, physical, and intellectual capital on digital technology adoption among women entrepreneurs. A quantitative method is used with an associative type across various business sectors in East Java Province, Indonesia. Furthermore, the sample is selected by purposive sampling with a total of 268 individuals. Data collection is carried out through a questionnaire, while the analysis is performed using PLS-SEM. The results show that human, financial, physical, and intellectual capital have a positive and significant influence on the adoption of digital technology among women entrepreneurs. However, only social capital reports an insignificant influence. Among the examined variables, intellectual capital plays the most crucial role in adopting digital technology. This research provides theoretical and practical implications for women entrepreneurs and the government.","PeriodicalId":516065,"journal":{"name":"JWEE","volume":"24 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139782804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determinants of Digital Technology Adoption Among Women Entrepreneurs","authors":"Nungky Viana Feranita, Andrias Dwi Mahendrawan, Asmuni Asmuni","doi":"10.28934/jwee24.12.pp66-92","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28934/jwee24.12.pp66-92","url":null,"abstract":"Women entrepreneurs are promoted to adopt digital technology as a means of enhancing business performance. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the impact of human, social, financial, physical, and intellectual capital on digital technology adoption among women entrepreneurs. A quantitative method is used with an associative type across various business sectors in East Java Province, Indonesia. Furthermore, the sample is selected by purposive sampling with a total of 268 individuals. Data collection is carried out through a questionnaire, while the analysis is performed using PLS-SEM. The results show that human, financial, physical, and intellectual capital have a positive and significant influence on the adoption of digital technology among women entrepreneurs. However, only social capital reports an insignificant influence. Among the examined variables, intellectual capital plays the most crucial role in adopting digital technology. This research provides theoretical and practical implications for women entrepreneurs and the government.","PeriodicalId":516065,"journal":{"name":"JWEE","volume":"95 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139842626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JWEEPub Date : 2024-01-30DOI: 10.28934/jwee24.12.pp40-65
Muhammad Murad, Shahrina Binti Othman, Muhamad Ali Imran Bin Kamarudin
{"title":"The Effect of Science & Technology Park, Market Segregation and Commercialization Support on Female Entrepreneurship in Pakistan","authors":"Muhammad Murad, Shahrina Binti Othman, Muhamad Ali Imran Bin Kamarudin","doi":"10.28934/jwee24.12.pp40-65","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28934/jwee24.12.pp40-65","url":null,"abstract":"Female students have few opportunities and training to develop their entrepreneurial careers in developing economies. The existing literature also provides little discussion of linking women’s entrepreneurial intention with their entrepreneurial careers. The researchers addressed the gaps in the literature by empirically confirming the impact of science and technology parks, market segregation, and commercialization support on female students’ entrepreneurship in Pakistan. The study also tested the moderating role of the economic climate on the relationship between science and technology parks, market segregation, commercialization support, and female students’ entrepreneurship. We used a survey-based data collection approach, and a Likert scale questionnaire was administered. The study used data collected from 247 female students registered in business incubators. The research findings are new in the literature and confirm the science & technology park, market segregation and commercialization support are significant antecedents that influence the entrepreneurial intention of female students in Pakistan. The impact of female students’ entrepreneurial intention is positive on their entrepreneurship careers. Meanwhile, the economic climate is established as a negative moderator between female students’ entrepreneurial intention and their entrepreneurial careers in Pakistan. We recommend that policymakers develop the science & technology park, market segregation and commercialization support for female students to grow their entrepreneurial careers.","PeriodicalId":516065,"journal":{"name":"JWEE","volume":"268 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140484472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}