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

dc.contributor.advisorPark, Jerry Z.
dc.creatorRogers, Jenna Griebel, 1984-
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-18T16:22:16Z
dc.date.available2015-03-18T16:22:16Z
dc.date.created2014-12
dc.date.issued2014-12-02
dc.date.submittedDecember 2014
dc.date.updated2015-03-18T16:22:17Z
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2104/9243
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights.accessrightsWorldwide access.en_US
dc.subjectEntrepreneurship and religion.
dc.titleReligion and entrepreneurship : the role of religious beliefs and values on female entrepreneurship.
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentBaylor University. Dept. of Sociology.
thesis.degree.grantorBaylor University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D.

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