Perceptions about Effect of Family Related Factors on Women Entrepreneurship: A Study on Existing and Intended Women Entrepreneurs of Sylhet City, Bangladesh

Abstract

Women Entrepreneurs are now facing stiff competition from established and more able establishments in competitive business world. As women have to make a balance between family and work, the different factors of personal life must have effect on their entrepreneurial performance. This study is to assess the perceptions of existing and intended women entrepreneurs regarding their family factor on their performance. The different factors like marital status, number of children, number of family members, age of the youngest child, spouse profession, qualifications etc. are considered to meet the objective of the research. This descriptive-analytical research used convenience sampling- a non-probabilistic type of sampling to collect the primary data because of low availability of such respondents.  With the help of secondary data from published books, journals, websites, newspapers the researchers interpret the data with logic and outputs of Excel 07 and SPSS 19. The important findings of the data highlighted the perceptions about the success of women entrepreneurs depends on support of life and works by spouse and other intended and able members with minimum liabilities in personal life like zero number of kids and school going kids, five members family (may be the supporting five members), eight years of minimum age of youngest child and the existence of entrepreneurial members etc.     

Keywords: Women Entrepreneur, Spouse, Children, Family, Entrepreneurial and non-entrepreneurial members.