Title: Family values and practices promoting entrepreneurial competencies among Ghanaian women

Authors: Fanny Adams Quagrainie

Addresses: Business School, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, P.O. Box AH 50, Achimota, Accra, Ghana

Abstract: This paper explores the interplay of family values and practices in explaining the development of entrepreneurial competencies of women in Ghana. Using feminist and interpretative approaches, 35 women entrepreneurs interviewed were selected by purposive, snowballing and convenience sampling. The findings of this study suggest a validation of the assumption that family values and practices impact on entrepreneurial activities. It also proposed a relationship between family values and practices and the development of entrepreneurial competencies. The findings revealed the possible existence of ethical and comping competencies. The paper concluded that there are some positive aspects of patriarchal family system that can be used to promote women entrepreneurship.

Keywords: family values and practices; women entrepreneurship; Ghana; entrepreneurial competencies; micro and small business.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2018.090135

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2018 Vol.33 No.2, pp.202 - 219

Received: 28 Jun 2015
Accepted: 07 Jan 2016
Published online: 01 Mar 2018 *

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