Entrepreneurial Motivation: An Exploratory Study of Gender and Venture Types
- Entrepreneurial motivations have become a frequently discussed topic in entrepreneurship research. However, few studies investigated entrepreneurs' motivation across gender and different venture types and tend to rely on surveys or case studies. By using a text mining approach, we investigate if there are differences between male and female entrepreneurs' motivation and if female entrepreneurs' motivation differs across different venture types. This text mining approach in combination with a qualitative content analysis was used to examine unique motivational data from 472 entrepreneurial projects from three different entrepreneurship support programs in Norway and Sweden. Findings suggest that motivation of female and male entrepreneurs differ only slightly, while motivation of female entrepreneurs differs according to the different venture types. We thus contribute to a better understanding of entrepreneurial motivation and to a better understanding of why female entrepreneurs start a business. This can, for instance, benefit the improvement of future female entrepreneurship support programs.
Author: | Rebecca OffORCiD, Kevin ReutherORCiD, Guido H. BaltesORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC-IAMOT55089.2022.10033201 |
ISBN: | 978-1-6654-8817-4 |
ISBN: | 978-1-6654-8818-1 |
Parent Title (English): | 28th International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC) & 31st International Association For Management of Technology (IAMOT), June 19-23, 2022, Nancy, France |
Publisher: | IEEE |
Place of publication: | New York |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Release Date: | 2023/12/21 |
Tag: | Entrepreneurial motivation; Female entrepreneurship; Text mining |
Page Number: | 8 Seiten |
Institutes: | Institut für Strategische Innovation und Technologiemanagement - IST |
Relevance: | Peer reviewed nach anderen Listungen (mit Nachweis zum Peer Review Verfahren) |
Open Access?: | Nein |
Licence (German): | Urheberrechtlich geschützt |