Factors associated with Thai women nascent entrepreneurs decision to become business owners

Name: Patima Prayotudomkit

LCSH: Businesswomen -- Thailand -- Research

LCSH: New business enterprises -- Thailand -- Research

Abstract: This dissertation sheds light on the factors that lead some Thai women nascent entrepreneurs to become business owners while others do not. Specifically, this research investigates the influence of personal entrepreneurial orientation, family and culture support, and access to external resources on Thai women nascent entrepreneurs’ decision to start or not to start a business. The study focuses on the following research questions: Is the decision by Thai women to become business owners/operators associated with their personal entrepreneurial orientation?; Is the decision by Thai women to become business owners/operators associated with family and culture support?; Is the decision by Thai women to become business owners/operators associated with their access to outside resources? The study was conducted on a population of 1,516 Thai women who participated in The Entrepreneurial Training Programs operated by the National Council of Women of Thailand (NCWT) over a 12-year period from 1994 to 2006. Out of this population, a total sample of 400 women, or about 26.7 percent, completed and returned the questionnaires. Among these respondents, 115 were entrepreneurs and 285 non-entrepreneurs. Most respondents were 25-44 years of age and the largest group received diploma or degree education. Pearson product moment correlation analysis and the Binary Logistic Regression Analysis were employed to examine the relationships of ten predictor variables and outcomes. The results indicate that the proposed overall model explained up to 95.3% of the predicting results. The logistic regression incorporated three control variables and five independent variables which included “entrepreneurial” “self-efficacy” and “proactive personality” in personal entrepreneurial orientation category; “Thai-Chinese ethnic heritage”, and “family capital status” in the family and culture support category; and “access to financial resources” in the access to external resources category. This study confirmed previous findings on these five variables and provides implications for women entrepreneur, educators and maintenance of the training program conducted by NCWT as it contributed to personal entrepreneurial orientation. Family and culture support and access to external resources still have significant association with entrepreneurship and thus should be enhanced by national strategy and policy.

Bangkok University. Library and Learning Center

Address: BANGKOK

Email: library@bu.ac.th

Name: Sebora, Terrence C.

Role: Advisor of thesis

Created: 2007

Modified: 2565-09-01

Issued: 2015-07-03

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CallNumber: Dissertation P374F 2007 BU

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DegreeName: Doctor of Philosophy

Level: Doctoral Degree

Descipline: Business Administration

Grantor: Bangkok University

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