Religion and entrepreneurship : the role of religious beliefs and values on female entrepreneurship.

Rogers, Jenna Griebel, 1984-

Religion and entrepreneurship : the role of religious beliefs and values on female entrepreneurship.

dc.contributor.advisor	Park, Jerry Z.
dc.creator	Rogers, Jenna Griebel, 1984-
dc.date.accessioned	2015-03-18T16:22:16Z
dc.date.available	2015-03-18T16:22:16Z
dc.date.created	2014-12
dc.date.issued	2014-12-02
dc.date.submitted	December 2014
dc.date.updated	2015-03-18T16:22:17Z
dc.description.abstract	This dissertation examines the role that religion plays in women’s entrepreneurship. After an introductory chapter, chapter two begins with an examination of the religious context of an area and its effect on the number and size of women owned businesses within that area. The religious context of an area creates a ‘moral community’, leading to social norms based upon religious values for the whole community, regardless of an individual’s religious affiliation. We find that the religious context of an area is influential in both the number and size of women owned businesses within that area. After examining the role of religion at the contextual level, chapter three looks at the role that religion plays in women’s strategies for handling work family conflict. Through qualitative interviews with 37 Christian women we find that religion influences the habitus of the women, shaping how they perceive work family conflict, as well as how they choose to handle that conflict. Chapter four looks at the association between religion and women’s motivations to start a business as well as the characteristics (such as size, profit, time and growth) of that business. Through a sample of women entrepreneurs, including religious and non-religious women, the effects of church attendance and religious tradition on these entrepreneurial outcomes are examined. Findings show that both church attendance and religious tradition are significant in both the motivation to start a business as well as the characteristics of this business for women. The final chapter briefly reviews the findings of the empirical chapters as well as how they fill a notable gap in the research. Finally, we discuss how these findings are of importance for future research and suggest some potentially helpful future research ideas.
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9243
dc.language.iso	en
dc.rights.accessrights	Worldwide access.	en_US
dc.subject	Entrepreneurship and religion.
dc.title	Religion and entrepreneurship : the role of religious beliefs and values on female entrepreneurship.
dc.type	Thesis
dc.type.material	text
thesis.degree.department	Baylor University. Dept. of Sociology.
thesis.degree.grantor	Baylor University
thesis.degree.level	Doctoral
thesis.degree.name	Ph.D.