Cultural foundations of female entrepreneurship in Mexico

challenges and opportunities

Martha Cantú Cavada (Author), Vito Bobek (Author), Hazbo Skoko (Author), Anita Maček (Author)

Abstract

This paper analyses possible challenges and opportunities that Mexican female entrepreneurs face during the establishment of new enterprises. Based on in-depth interviews with female entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship experts, authors researched opportunities in the form of governmental and non-governmental institutional support, growing entrepreneurship, social awareness and women empowerment. However, lack of credibility, fear of vulnerability to criticism and social pressure are some challenges associated with gender egalitarianism. In such, the authors proved that Mexican culture impacts women in some ways more than the others. Institutional collectivism was the cultural dimension with higher positive impact on women, followed by gender egalitarianism with a neutral to positive impact and the power distance with a neutral influence on women.

Keywords

female entrepreneurship;culture;Mexico;challenges;opportunities;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2018
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM EPF - Faculty of Economics and Business
UDC:	658-055.2(725.1)
COBISS:	12997404
ISSN:	0547-3101
Parent publication:	Naše gospodarstvo
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Temelji kulture ženskega podjetništva v Mehiki
Secondary abstract:	V članku so analizirani mogoči izzivi in priložnosti, s katerimi se srečujejo mehiške podjetnice pri ustanavljanju novih podjetij. Avtorji so na podlagi poglobljenih intervjujev s podjetnicami in strokovnjaki za podjetništvo opozorili na priložnosti v obliki vladne in nevladne institucionalne podpore, vse večje vloge družbene ozaveščenosti o podjetništvu in krepitve vloge žensk. Vendar pa še vedno obstajajo nekateri izzivi, ki so povezani s pomanjkanjem verodostojnosti, strahom pred ranljivostjo do kritike in socialnim pritiskom, ki je povezan z enakostjo spolov. Avtorji so dokazali, da mehiška kultura v nekaterih elementih na ženske bolj vpliva kot v drugih. Institucionalni kolektivizem ima kot kulturna razsežnost večji pozitivni učinek na ženske, enakopravnost med spoloma ima nevtralni do pozitivni učinek, medtem ko ima razdalja moči nevtralen vpliv na ženske.
Secondary keywords:	davki;podjetništvo;žensko podjetništvo;kulturne značilnosti;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Scientific work
Pages:	str. 28-40
Volume:	ǂLetn. ǂ64
Issue:	ǂšt. ǂ1
Chronology:	2018
DOI:	10.2478/ngoe-2018-0004
ID:	10929722