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Chapter 4 The role of junior enterprises in the promotion of women’s entrepreneurial intentions: A comparison between Brazil and Portugal

  • Ana Dias Daniel and João Almeida
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De Gruyter Handbook of Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies
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Abstract

This chapter aims to understand what the effects of participating in a junior enterprise (JE) on female students in STEM are, particularly the impact on entrepreneurial intention (EI) and its antecedents, including attitude toward the behaviour (ATB), perceived behaviour control (PBC), and social norms (SN). To achieve this, a quantitative approach is used to gather data from junior entrepreneurs involved in JEs located in Portugal and Brazil. The results show that male students show higher levels of EI than their female counterparts. When comparing female students, female junior entrepreneurs have higher ATB and PBC but no significant differences in EI. Finally, despite the cultural differences between Portugal and Brazil, participation in a JE seems to attenuate these differences, not leading to no statistically significant differences between the EI of Portuguese and Brazilian female students who are members of the JEs, or in their perception of their abilities to become entrepreneurs.

Abstract

This chapter aims to understand what the effects of participating in a junior enterprise (JE) on female students in STEM are, particularly the impact on entrepreneurial intention (EI) and its antecedents, including attitude toward the behaviour (ATB), perceived behaviour control (PBC), and social norms (SN). To achieve this, a quantitative approach is used to gather data from junior entrepreneurs involved in JEs located in Portugal and Brazil. The results show that male students show higher levels of EI than their female counterparts. When comparing female students, female junior entrepreneurs have higher ATB and PBC but no significant differences in EI. Finally, despite the cultural differences between Portugal and Brazil, participation in a JE seems to attenuate these differences, not leading to no statistically significant differences between the EI of Portuguese and Brazilian female students who are members of the JEs, or in their perception of their abilities to become entrepreneurs.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. List of contributors XI
  4. Foreword XIX
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Section 1: Central and South America
  7. Chapter 1 Financial, human, and social capital – the interplay of resources among women entrepreneurs in Costa Rica 17
  8. Chapter 2 How women entrepreneurs emerge from family firms: The case of Colombia 35
  9. Chapter 3 Inclusive internationalisation as an emerging phenomenon of female entrepreneurship in three Latin American countries 65
  10. Chapter 4 The role of junior enterprises in the promotion of women’s entrepreneurial intentions: A comparison between Brazil and Portugal 121
  11. Section 2: Middle and far east
  12. Chapter 5 Female business angels in emerging economies: Funding family-related entrepreneurs 141
  13. Chapter 6 Women entrepreneurs within family spaces: A spatial perspective from a patriarchal context 165
  14. Chapter 7 An investigation into the influence of confidence, knowledge, and perseverance in supporting female entrepreneurs across emerging markets in India 187
  15. Chapter 8 The invisibility of Vietnamese women in the aquaculture value chain 227
  16. Section 3: Africa
  17. Chapter 9 Women’s enterprising in Africa: A systematic literature review 245
  18. Chapter 10 Coopetition as a strategy for value co-creation in women-owned start-ups in South Africa 273
  19. Chapter 11 Workaround practices within gender-biased entrepreneurship ecosystems – evidence from female entrepreneurs in the East African coffee sector 299
  20. Chapter 12 Agri-businesswomen in Kenya: Personal networks as gendered spaces in women’s entrepreneurship 319
  21. Section 4: Eastern Europe
  22. Chapter 13 Effectual-Causal reasonings inside innovative Belarusian SMEs: A gendered view 351
  23. Chapter 14 Women entrepreneurs: From potential to intention. The role of motivations and culture in emerging economies 369
  24. Postscript: Where do we go from here? 393
  25. Index 395
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110747669-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. List of contributors XI
  4. Foreword XIX
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Section 1: Central and South America
  7. Chapter 1 Financial, human, and social capital – the interplay of resources among women entrepreneurs in Costa Rica 17
  8. Chapter 2 How women entrepreneurs emerge from family firms: The case of Colombia 35
  9. Chapter 3 Inclusive internationalisation as an emerging phenomenon of female entrepreneurship in three Latin American countries 65
  10. Chapter 4 The role of junior enterprises in the promotion of women’s entrepreneurial intentions: A comparison between Brazil and Portugal 121
  11. Section 2: Middle and far east
  12. Chapter 5 Female business angels in emerging economies: Funding family-related entrepreneurs 141
  13. Chapter 6 Women entrepreneurs within family spaces: A spatial perspective from a patriarchal context 165
  14. Chapter 7 An investigation into the influence of confidence, knowledge, and perseverance in supporting female entrepreneurs across emerging markets in India 187
  15. Chapter 8 The invisibility of Vietnamese women in the aquaculture value chain 227
  16. Section 3: Africa
  17. Chapter 9 Women’s enterprising in Africa: A systematic literature review 245
  18. Chapter 10 Coopetition as a strategy for value co-creation in women-owned start-ups in South Africa 273
  19. Chapter 11 Workaround practices within gender-biased entrepreneurship ecosystems – evidence from female entrepreneurs in the East African coffee sector 299
  20. Chapter 12 Agri-businesswomen in Kenya: Personal networks as gendered spaces in women’s entrepreneurship 319
  21. Section 4: Eastern Europe
  22. Chapter 13 Effectual-Causal reasonings inside innovative Belarusian SMEs: A gendered view 351
  23. Chapter 14 Women entrepreneurs: From potential to intention. The role of motivations and culture in emerging economies 369
  24. Postscript: Where do we go from here? 393
  25. Index 395
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