Comparative Study of the Factors of Female Entrepreneurship in China and Pakistan

Abstract

Entrepreneurship has become \nvery popular in the recent times and people \nare pursuing opportunities for new venture creation in different sectors. The phenomenon \nof “female entrepreneurship” is gaining wide popularity worldwide and now the interest \nof women in carrying out entrepreneurial activities is also increasing owing to the female empowerment in societies. The female entrepreneurs are highly affected by social, personality and institutional factors that motivate and encourage \nthem in their entrepreneurial activities. The purpose of this study is to find out \nthe impact of social support, financial support, entrepreneurial knowledge and achievement orientation on female entrepreneurial \nintention along with the mediating impact of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. For \nthis purpose, the data was collected from 311 respondents from China and \n311 from Pakistan through the administration of questionnaire. \nSPSS and AMOS were used for analysis and structural equation modelling has been used. The results have suggested \nthat in case of China, all independent variables \nhave significant impacts on female entrepreneurial \nintention but in case of Pakistan, financial \nsupport does not have the significant impact \non female entrepreneurial intention. On the other hand, in case of China, the mediating role of entrepreneurial \nself-efficacy is significant in all cases, but in case of \nPakistan, this mediating role is not significant in case of entrepreneurial knowledge.