Abstract
Women comprise half of the Malaysian population or 15.3 million from a total of 31.7 million people. Approximately, 88 percent of women entrepreneurs in the country are involved in micro-entrepreneurs. Women micro-entrepreneurs contribute significantly through income generation and job creation. Despite the significant proportion and pivotal
roles of women micro-entrepreneurs for economic development, their business success is still debatable. The number of successful women micro-entrepreneurs is still low, and they are underperforming despite the increase in their population. Thus, this paper seeks to develop a broadly-based entrepreneurial competencies model that is exclusively and
mutually for women micro-entrepreneurs to succeed in their business by investigating each domain of entrepreneurial competencies. This was done based on the findings by
reviewing a thorough review of literature from the local and global context about this issue. Previous studies revealed that women micro-entrepreneurs need to have necessary
entrepreneurial competencies to act as a catalyst for their business success. The women micro-entrepreneurs need to have eight domains of entrepreneurial competencies which
comprise of (a) strategic (b) commitment (c) conceptual (d) opportunity (e) organizing and leading (f) relationships (g) personal, and (h) technical competencies that are exclusively
and mutually for women micro-entrepreneurs’ business success. Finally, the conclusion from the literature helps to assess the critical issues of the low number of successful
women micro-entrepreneurship, and they are underperforming in Malaysia. Furthermore, understanding on every domain of entrepreneurial competencies for women microentrepreneurs would also ascertain which of these competencies are to be included in the entrepreneurial competencies model for women micro-entrepreneurs.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Creators: | Creators Email / ID Num. Idris, Mohd Mahfudz UNSPECIFIED Abu Bakar, Saridan UNSPECIFIED |
| Contributors: | Contribution Name Email / ID Num. Chief Editor Zainon, Assoc. Prof Dr. Saunah UNSPECIFIED Editor Raja Ahmad, Assoc. Prof Dr. Raja Adzrin UNSPECIFIED Editor Soo, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Carolyn Kum Yoke UNSPECIFIED Editor Kadri, Assoc. Prof. Dr Mohd Halim UNSPECIFIED Editor Ismail, Dr. Noriah UNSPECIFIED Editor Mohd Ariff Albakri, Associate Professor Dr. Intan Safinas UNSPECIFIED Editor Khairani, Dr. Noor Sufiawati UNSPECIFIED Editor Othman, Dr. Akmal Aini UNSPECIFIED Editor Ismail, Dr. Norashikin UNSPECIFIED Editor Ahmad, Associate Professor Dr. Syahrul Ahmar UNSPECIFIED Editor Misman, Dr. Faridah Najuna UNSPECIFIED Editor Shamsuddin, Associate Professor Dr. Amanuddin UNSPECIFIED |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory. Demography > Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Labor. Work. Working class > Women H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Leadership in women. Women executives |
| Divisions: | Universiti Teknologi MARA, Johor > Segamat Campus |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Insight Journal (IJ) |
| UiTM Journal Collections: | UiTM Journal > INSIGHT Journal (IJ) |
| ISSN: | 2600-8564 |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Number: | 11 |
| Page Range: | pp. 94-99 |
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| Keywords: | Women micro-entrepreneurs; business success; entrepreneurial competencies; UiTM Cawangan Johor |
| Date: | 2019 |
| URI: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42286 |
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