Title: The determinants of women's entrepreneurship development: an empirical study in Tunisia

Authors: Salim Morched; Anis Jarboui

Addresses: Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Sfax, Road of Airport, km 4.5, LP 1088, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia ' Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Sfax, Street of Airport, km 4.5, LP 1088, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia; Higher Institute of Business Administration, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia

Abstract: This study has set itself the main specific objective to identify the obstacles and determinants of female entrepreneurship in Tunisia. Despite the obstacles encountered by women entrepreneurs (family, social, etc.), the ambition of women entrepreneurs in Tunisia is successful at the professional level while maintaining a certain flexibility to be able to fulfil their other responsibilities. So the main rules of women's success are self-fulfilment, a sense of risk and a willingness to be independent, and today women entrepreneurs are optimistic, confident in the future, comfortable with administrative formalities and the relationships.

Keywords: women entrepreneurship; Tunisia; empirical study.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2019.102942

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, 2019 Vol.28 No.2, pp.160 - 182

Received: 14 Feb 2018
Accepted: 06 Jul 2018
Published online: 11 Oct 2019 *

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