Proceedings of the 41st International Academic Conference, Venice

GENERATION Y FEMALE STUDENTS PERCEIVED BARRIERS TOWARDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

LUZAAN HAMILTON, NATASHA DE KLERK

Abstract:

Entrepreneurship is a critical ingredient for stimulating economic growth and employment opportunities in all societies. Female participation in entrepreneurial venture creation, including Generation Y, in both developed and emerging economies are seen as a key contributor to economic growth. However, entrepreneurs face numerous barriers on the road to success, which may have significant influence on an individual’s motivation to become entrepreneurs. Using a convenience sample of 328 South African and 250 Netherland’s female students, this paper reports on study conducted to compare female generation Y students’ perceived barriers towards entrepreneurship, in South African and the Netherland’s. The collected data was analysed using reliability analysis and a two independent-samples t-test. The findings suggest that South African students perceived barriers towards’ entrepreneurship is higher than those of their counterparts in the Netherlands.

Keywords: Barriers, entrepreneurship, females, Generation Y, South Africa, Netherlands

DOI: 10.20472/IAC.2018.041.018

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