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Women entrepreneurs: motivational factors and problems (with special reference to Western region in Tamilnadu).

Introduction

The Indian traditional set up made a distinction between "Men's" work and Women's work, particularly that of the women with family responsibility. It curtailed the employment opportunity for women in conventional and unconventional field of economic activity. Inspite of this, number of women looking after business as a career has increased significantly over the past ten years. The technology changes, globalization globalization

Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation
 and competition acceleration made the business world complex and dynamic. These factors call for the importance of system thinking that provides a framework for seeking the whole picture and interrelationships. The feminine feminine /fem·i·nine/ (fem´i-nin)
1. pertaining to the female sex.

2. having qualities normally asociated with females.
 property to look at business problems contextually and to concentrate on the whole issue rather than its parts is more needed to the present system thinking of today. The business women can bring valuable innovation to entrepreneurship en·tre·pre·neur  
n.
A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.



[French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise.
 because they weigh more variables, consider more alternatives and outcomes, recall more points of view and see more ways to proceed. Moreover, as the competition increases, today's entrepreneurs must be able to alter plans quickly and frequently. A women's innate mental flexibility, their vision for long-term planning and the ability to tolerate tol·er·ate
v.
1. To allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit.

2. To put up with; endure.

3. To have tolerance for a substance or pathogen.
 ambiguity Ambiguity
Delphic oracle

ultimate authority in ancient Greece; often speaks in ambiguous terms. [Gk. Hist.: Leach, 305]

Iseult’s vow

pledge to husband has double meaning. [Arth.
 and changes better than men are a valuable asset for every venture and also their capacity to negotiate in marketing the product to prospective investors, suppliers and customers. These are the present day requirements of the complex business world.

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Sadiq has 13 brothers 1 which is called Taiwo. Sadiq has a girlfriend called Georgia Hudson and he recently split with his wife Adama.
 (1987) carried out a case study on "the profile of women entrepreneurs in war-time area" in the North-East Adv. 1. north-east - to, toward, or in the northeast
nor'-east, northeast

north-east nnor(d)este m

north-east north nnord-est
, Sri Langa by examining the demographic profile of "Tamil" women entrepreneurs who become entrepreneurs as a result of war. The study examined five main areas--their characteristics, factors that spurred them into entrepreneurs, their challenges, their measures of success and their demographic profile. The study revealed that majority of them were in business for the first time as they lost their husbands to the war and saw business as a means to end and their success in the venture is making a balance between family and work. The studies conducted by Kale kale, borecole (bôr`kōl), and collards, common names for nonheading, hardy types of cabbage (var.  (1990) revealed that training approach is an important one for helping women in non-traditional high skill, male dominated activities and also to build confidence among women to meet the specific needs. Intensified in·ten·si·fy  
v. in·ten·si·fied, in·ten·si·fy·ing, in·ten·si·fies

v.tr.
1. To make intense or more intense:
 effort has to be taken to asses the social attitude, mentality men·tal·i·ty
n.
The sum of a person's intellectual capabilities or endowment.
, needs and abilities of the women and impart training. According to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 study conducted by Padmavati and Sathyasundram (2002) flexible training programme and interest based skill training can push the women towards entrepreneurial en·tre·pre·neur  
n.
A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.



[French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise.
 activities. Training to develop good managerial skills is useful and essential to women.

Parihar and Singh (2006) in their article explains the study on "Constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference.

["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)].
 faced by women entrepreneurs in Jammu" analysed the constrains faced by the women entrepreneurs in the state of Jammu. It was conducted on 240 respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy.  engaged in various industrial activities. The study suggested that the attitude of women entrepreneurs need to be reoriented towards the promotion of leadership qualities. The government has to take efforts to provided market assistance provision of land, create awareness of its schemes and assistance to women entrepreneurs. Rajani N (2008) in her article in management training needs of women entrepreneurs examines the quality of micro enterprise management by women in socio-cultural milieu mi·lieu
n. pl. mi·lieus or mi·lieux
1. The totality of one's surroundings; an environment.

2. The social setting of a mental patient.



milieu

[Fr.] surroundings, environment.
 and to project the management training needs of women entrepreneurs. Data was collected from the sample of 100 women entrepreneurs. The study concluded that training needs are identified in the area of confidence building, competence connections and capital.

In the changed scenario, there is growing awareness among women that entrepreneurship opens up a new field for them and they can achieve their cherished profession which gives them independence and self support. In order to succeed in their venture of entrepreneurship, they must recognize the fact of advantages they have and the unique challenges that they have to face than their male counterparts. The knowledge of the problems they face, their level of satisfaction towards motivated mo·ti·vate  
tr.v. mo·ti·vat·ed, mo·ti·vat·ing, mo·ti·vates
To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel.



mo
 factors enables them to exploit their strengths and unique differences as advantages. It also acts as a facilitator for future entrepreneurs and encourages prospective women entrepreneurs to venture into the field of business. In this concept, a profile of women entrepreneur entrepreneur (än'trəprənûr`) [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise.  in the Western region of Tamilnadu throws light on them as entrepreneurs in the business. Hence, the present study is undertaken with the following objectives:

* To study the socio economic background of the women entrepreneurs.

* To analyze the multinational factors that led them to become entrepreneurs and their level of satisfaction.

* To assess the problem faced by the women entrepreneurs.

* To offer suggestion on the basis of the present study.

Research Methodology

The paper studies the satisfaction and problem of women entrepreneurs of Western Region (Coimbatore, Erode Erode (ĕrōd`), city (1991 urban agglomeration pop. 361,755), Tamil Nadu state, S India, on the Kaveri River. The city is located in a cotton-growing region, and its industries include cotton ginning and the manufacture of transport equipment. , Ooty and Tirupur) of Tamilnadu. The study covers 100 women entrepreneurs in and around Western Region using random sampling method. The study depends on primary data collected with the help of a questionnaire consisting of personal factors and factors that determine the extent of entrepreneur's satisfaction and problems. The questionnaire is distributed directly to the respondents by explaining the purpose of the study. In order to maintain accuracy, the respondents in different places of Western region and engaged in different entrepreneurship activities are selected. The data was statistically analysed in order to ensure accuracy as the data obtained was random based on age, gender and other parameters. The result of the analysis is presented in form of tables as given in the following pages. In order to determine the parameters that influence the satisfaction and problem of women entrepreneurs, it is important to reduce the relevant parameters so that there is a limited set of parameters representing the total set. To suit this, chi-square and factor analysis are used.

Analysis and Interpretation of Data

The socio-economic profile presents an overview of the responses which is more important for the analysis the data. The details of socio-economic profile in given in Table 1. To assess the level of satisfaction of women entrepreneurs from the motivational factors for their careers, 5 variables were identified. They are (i) assistance given by financial institutions, (ii) help extended by women's association, (iii) infrastructural facilities provided by the government, (iv) financial assistance provided by the government (v) marketing assistance provided by the government. Each item was rated on a 5 point scale consisting of rating as highly satisfied (5), satisfied (4), undecided (3), dissatisfied dis·sat·is·fied  
adj.
Feeling or exhibiting a lack of contentment or satisfaction.



dis·satis·fied
 (2) and highly dissatisfied (1). In order to convert the qualitative information into quantitative information, the respondents are classified on the basis of the motivational scores as given in Table 2. Table 3 presents the extent of variation in the level of satisfaction derived by women entrepreneurs from the assistances provided by the financial institution on the basis of their motivational scores.

Hence, it can be inferred that more number of respondents with high motivational score and less number of respondents with low motivational score have strongly agreed and strongly disagreed respectively with the factor that motivated them. The extent of level of satisfaction derived by the respondents from the factor help extended by the women's association is shown in Table 4. It is concluded that majority of the respondents have disagreed to the motivational factor. The extent of variation in the level of satisfaction derived by women entrepreneurs from the motivational factor assistances provided by the government is shown in Table 5. It can be inferred from Table 5 that majority of the respondents with high motivational score have agreed and strongly agreed to the factor. The extent of variation in the level of satisfaction derived by the respondents from the marketing assistance provided to them is presented in Table 6. It is concluded that the marketing assistance provided did not attract the women entrepreneurs. The extent of level of satisfaction derived by the respondents from the infrastructural facilities is shown in Table 7. It is clear from the Table 7 that majority of the entrepreneurs in the category of respondents with high motivational score have strongly agreed to the motivational factor infrastructural facilities.

Significance of the Motivational Factors

In order to find out the significance of the influence of motivational factors relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

relating to relate prepbezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc 
 the sample on the basis of the level of satisfactions derived by them, null A character that is all 0 bits. Also written as "NUL," it is the first character in the ASCII and EBCDIC data codes. In hex, it displays and prints as 00; in decimal, it may appear as a single zero in a chart of codes, but displays and prints as a blank space.  hypotheses were formulated for·mu·late  
tr.v. for·mu·lat·ed, for·mu·lat·ing, for·mu·lates
1.
a. To state as or reduce to a formula.

b. To express in systematic terms or concepts.

c.
 that these factors do not significantly influence the satisfaction derived by the entrepreneurs. The null hypotheses were tested with the help of chi-square test and the result is presented in Table 8. This indicates that the help extended by women association has significantly influenced the level of satisfaction from the assistances given by women association.

Factor Analysis

The problems faced by the respondents are identified for the purpose of the analysis and are shown in the Table 9. Exploratory factor analysis is used in order to identify constructs and investigate relationships among key interval scaled questions regarding reasons for choosing barriers of 100 women entrepreneurs. The analysis consists of the following steps:

* The correlation matrices were computed. It revealed that there is enough co-relationship to go ahead for factor analysis.

* Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measures of sampling Adequacy (MSA) for individual variance The discrepancy between what a party to a lawsuit alleges will be proved in pleadings and what the party actually proves at trial.

In Zoning law, an official permit to use property in a manner that departs from the way in which other property in the same locality
 was studied to test the adequacy of sampling.

The overall significance of correlation matrices was tested with Barlett Test of Sphericity providing support for the validity of the factor analysis of the data. The results are given in the Table 10. The results revealed that the Bartlett's Test Bartlett's test (Snedecor and Cochran, 1983) is used to test if k samples have equal variances. Equal variances across samples is called homoscedasticity or homogeneity of variances.  of Sphericity is significant and the Kaiser-Mayer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy is greater than 0.6. Therefore, it is appropriate to proceed with factor analysis.

After the standards indicated that the data are suitable for factor analysis, Principal Components Analysis was employed for extracting the data, which allowed determining the factors underlying the relationship between the 9 variables. The Total Variable Explained suggested that it extracts three factor accounts for 46.842 percent of the variance of relationship between variables. There are only three factors, each having Eigen value exceeding 1 for barriers. The Eigen values for three factors were 1.533, 1.350, and 1.332 respectively as per Table 11. The percentage of total variance is used as an index to determine how well the total factor solution accounts for the related of the variables. The index for present solution accounts for 46.842 percent of the total variation for choosing barriers of women's entrepreneurs. It is pretty good extraction as it can economize e·con·o·mize  
v. e·con·o·mized, e·con·o·miz·ing, e·con·o·miz·es

v.intr.
1. To practice economy, as by avoiding waste or reducing expenditures.

2.
 on the number of factors (from nine it has reduced to three factors) while we have lost 53.158 percent information content for factors in choosing the barriers. The percentage of variance explained by factors one to three is 17.039, 15.000 and 14.803 respectively as in Table 11. Large communalities indicate that a large number of variance has been accounted for by the factor solution. Varimax related factor analytical Adj. 1. factor analytical - of or relating to or the product of factor analysis
factor analytic
 results for factor influencing the choice of barriers is shown in Table 12. The three dimensions shown in Table 12 have been discussed below:

Factor 1:

Lack of entrepreneurship quality: The significant loadings on this factor include variables of lack of entrepreneurship graduates which includes lack of role models, lack of business skill and low need of achievement. We can level this factor as lack of entrepreneurship quality. It tries to insist on the importance of qualities required for entrepreneurship and enable to concentrate on these areas for the development of entrepreneurship.

Factor 2:

Inadequate facilities and lack of experience: This factor shows the significant loading of inadequate support facilities and experience covering inadequate family support, absence of management experience and in sufficient supply of capital. These variables suggest that their presence is most important for the indicators of entrepreneurship activities.

Factor 3:

Lack of personal qualities and inadequate support of financial institutions: This factor includes the present qualities which are the basis for entrepreneurship activities can be named as lack of personal qualities and inadequate support of financial institutions. This includes lack of educational qualification, low esteem and insufficient support of financial institutions.

Conclusion

The study has brought out the extent of satisfactions level of the women entrepreneurs towards the motivational factors. It emphasised that attention is needed in the provision of more financial facilities, training in the areas of administration, business skills and also in the area of self esteem. Hence, programmes may be taken up in these areas to increase their level of satisfaction, their quality in order to the field of entrepreneurship and there by ensuring development of their home, the government and at last the society.

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N. Bharathi *

* Department of Management Studies and Research, Karpagam University, Echanari, Coimbatore--641 021, Tamilnadu, India

* E-Mail : bharathi7781@yahoo.co.in, bharathi7781@gmail.com
Table 1: Socio-Economic Profile of Entrepreneurs

Variable           Profile                        No. of      Percentage
                                                Respondents
Age                Less than 20 years                 4            4.0
                   20-30 years                       19           19.0
                   30-40 years                       49           49.0
                   Above 40 years                    28           28.0

Educational        Up to HSC                         24           24.0
Qualification      Degree                            38           38.0
                   Diploma                            6            6.0
                   Professional                      32           32.0

Annual Income      Below Rs.1,00,000                  9            9.0
                   Rs.1,00,000 to Rs.2,00,000        32           32.0
                   Rs.2,00,000 to 4,00,000           37           37.0
                   Above Rs.4,00,000                 22           22.0

Experience         Below 5 years                     28           28.0
                   6-10 years                        35           35.0
                   10-15 years                       25           25.0
                   15 & above                        12           12.0

Marital Status     Married                           80           80.0
                   Unmarried                         20           20.0

Nature of Family   Business Background               60           60.0
                   Non-Business Background           40           40.0

Family Member      Up to 2                            8            8.0
                   3-5                               77           77.0
                   5 & above                         15           15.0

Source: Primary Data

Table 2: Motivational Score

Level of Motivational Score   No. of Entrepreneurs   Percentage

Less                                   38                38
Medium                                 36                36
High                                   26                26
Total                                 100               100

Source: Survey Data

Table 3: Assistance Provided by Financial Institutions

Satisfaction      No. of                Level of Satisfaction
Score          Entrepreneurs

                                   Low           Medium        High

Strongly
Agree               32         13 (34.21%)   16 (42.11%)    9 (23.68%)

Agree               42          9 (39.13%)    7 (30.43%)    7 (30.44%)

Neutral             14          8 (34.78%)   10 (43.48%)    5 (21.74%)

Disagree             7          5 (55.56%)    2 (22.22%)    2 (22.22%)

Strongly
Disagree             5          3 (42.86%)    1 (14.29%)    3 (42.85)

Total              100         38            36            26

Source: Survey Data

Table 4: Women's Association and Level of Satisfaction

Satisfaction      No. of                Level of Satisfaction
Score          Entrepreneurs

                                   Low           Medium        High
Strongly
Agree               17          3 (21.43%)    9 (64.29%)    2 (14.28)

Agree               31          8 (33.33%)   12 (50%)       4 (16.67)

Neutral             39         13 (36.11%)   18 (50%)       5 (13.89%)

Disagree            10          4 (21.05%)    6 (31.58%)    9 (47.37%)

Strongly
Disagree             3          4 (57.14%)    1 (14.29%)    2 (28.57%)

Total              100         38            36             26

Source: Survey Data

Table 5: Government's Assistant and Level of Satisfaction

Satisfaction      No. of                Level of Satisfaction
Score          Entrepreneurs

                                     Low         Medium         High

Strongly
Agree                62          7 (35%)       9 (45%)       4 (20%)

Agree                28         14 (41.18%)   11 (32.35)     9 (26.47%)

Neutral               5          8 (32%)      10 (40%)       7 (28%)

Disagree              3          5 (41.67%)    2 (16.67%)    5 (41.66%)

Strongly
Disagree              2          4 (44.44%)    4 (44.44%)    1 (11.12%)

Total               100         38            36            26

Source: Survey Data

Table 6: Marketing Assistant and Level of Satisfaction

Satisfaction      No. of                Level of Satisfaction
Score          Entrepreneurs

                                     Low         Medium         High

High
Strongly
Agree               23          9 (52.94%)    5 (29.41%)    3 (17.65%)

Agree               58         17 (38.64%)   19 (43.18%)    8 (18.18%)

Neutral             11          7 (36.84%)    6 (31.58%)    6 (31.58%)

Disagree             4          3 (33.33%)    2 (22.22%)    4 (44.45%)

Strongly
Disagree             4          2 (18.18%)    4 (36.36%)    5 (45.46%)

Total              100         38            36            26

Source: Survey Data

Table 7: Infrastructure Facility and Level of Preference

Satisfaction      No. of                Level of Satisfaction
Score          Entrepreneurs

                                   Low           Medium        High

High
Strongly
Agree                12         7 (30.44%)    8 (34.28%)    8 (34.78%)

Agree                52        12 (42.86%)    9 (32.14%)    7 (25%)

Neutral              17         8 (44.44%)    6 (33.33%)    4 (22.23%)

Disagree              6         9 (42.86%)    7 (33.33%)    5 (23.81%)

Strongly
Disagree             13         2 (20%)       6 (60%)       2 (20%)

Total               100        38            36            26

Source: Survey Data

Table 8: Factors Influence the Satisfaction Derived by the Entrepreneurs

Factors                        Calculated   Table   Significance
                                  Value     Value

Granting loans by financial
institutions                      4.555      15.5    Not Significant

Helps by women's Association     17.62       15.5    Significant

Assistant provided by the
Government                        4.845      15.5    Not Significant

Marketing Assistance              8.109      15.5    Not Significant

Infrastructural facility          4.471      15.5    Not Significant

Table 9: Barriers of Women Entrepreneurs

Sl. No.     Variables

[X.sub.1]   Lack of Education Qualification

[X.sub.2]   Lack of Role Models

[X.sub.3]   Inadequate Family Support

[X.sub.4]   Lack of Business Skill

[X.sub.5]   Absence of Sufficient Management Experience

[X.sub.6]   Low Need of Achievement

[X.sub.7]   Low Self Esteem

[X.sub.8]   Insufficient Financial Institutions

[X.sub.9]   Inadequate Supply of Capital

Table 10: KMO and Bartlett's Test

Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of
Sampling Adequacy.                             .696

Bartlett's Test of                Approx.    45.389
Sphericity                      Chi-Square
                                   df        36
                                  Sig.        .000

Table 11: Total Variance Explained

Component       Initial Eigen values       Extraction Sums of Squared
                                                   Loadings

           Total     % of         %        Total    % of          %
                   Variance   Cumulative           Variance   Cumulative
1          1.533    17.039      17.039     1.533    17.039      17.039
2          1.350    15.000      32.039     1.350    15.000      32.039
3          1.332    14.803      46.842     1.332    14.803      46.842
4          0.982    10.909      57.751
5          0.963    10.704      68.455
6          0.874     9.716      78.171
7          0.778     8.648      86.819
8          0.640     7.116      93.935
9          0.546     6.065     100.00

Component  Rotation Sums of Squared Loadings
           Total     % of          %
                   Variance    Cumulative
1          1.512    16.799       16.799
2          1.354    15.047       31.846
3          1.350    14.996       46.842
4
5
6
7
8
9

Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.

Table 12: Name of the Factors

Naming of   Name of the                                   Label
Factors     Dimensions                                    Loading

F1          Lack of                                       [X.sub.2]
            Entrepreneurship                              [X.sub.4]
            quality                                       [X.sub.6]

F2          Inadequate facilities                         [X.sub.3]
            and lack                                      [X.sub.5]
            of experience                                 [X.sub.9]

F3          Lack of personal                              [X.sub.1]
            qualities and                                 [X.sub.7]
            inadequate financial                          [X.sub.8]
            institutions

Naming of   Name of the Problems                          Factor
Factors

F1          Lack of role models                           0.632
            Lack of Business Skill                        0.717
            Low need of achievement                       0.677

F2          Inadequate family support                     0.698
            Absence of sufficient management experience   0.679
            Inadequate supply of capital                  0.745

F3          Lack of educational qualification             0.690
            Low self esteem                               0.673
            Insufficient financial Institutions           0.640
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