Designing an economic entrepreneurship development model centered on the role of women
Subject Areas : اقتصادیAmin Najaf Goli Dost 1 , Gholamreza Rahimi 2 , Farhad Nejad irani 3
1 - Ph.D. Student in Comparative Management, Department of Public Administration, Bonab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bonab, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Bonab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bonab, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Bonab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bonab, Iran
Keywords: women's entrepreneurship, East Azerbaijan province, women's empowerment, individual characteristics, economic support, creating a supportive environment, cultural development.,
Abstract :
Abstract Background and purpose: The presence of women in the society shows the role of this stratum more in economic processes, which makes it necessary to pay attention to it. Based on this, the present research was conducted with the aim of designing a model of economic entrepreneurship development centered on the role of women. Methods: From the point of view of the goal, the current research is developmental and has a mixed approach (qualitative and quantitative), which is in the form of an interpretive paradigm in the qualitative part. The data collection tool was semi-structured interviews. The research community was 15 people from 15 entrepreneurship experts in the field of women and university professors who were selected purposefully based on theoretical saturation. Thematic analysis strategy was used to analyze the obtained data. Findings: The findings of the research showed that five main themes and twenty organizing themes of women's empowerment (scientific promotion of women entrepreneurs, communication skills, women's skill enhancement), individual characteristics (women's action initiative, women's responsibility, spirit self-belief); economic support (financial incentives, tax support, facilities and loans); Creating a supportive environment (supporting families, legal support, forming entrepreneurship support units and institutions, introducing entrepreneurs, facilitating processes, facilitating marketing); Cultural development (cultural improvement of the society, promoting the spirit of teamwork, changing the traditions of the society, trusting women, changing the attitude towards gender). Conclusion: According to the findings of the research, one of the effective factors in achieving the promotion of women's entrepreneurship in East Azarbaijan province is women's entrepreneurship, which is carried out by using women's empowerment, individual characteristics, economic support, creating a supportive environment, and cultural development. to be The contribution of this research is the development of an integrated framework for entrepreneurship development that provides suggestions to its managers regarding the development of women's entrepreneurship and future researchers.