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The Management Education of the Rural Entrepreneur
Stefan, Eugen Bruno - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 16 (2014) 37, pp. 932-950
The Bureau of Social Research, within a strategic EU project– Rural Entrepreneur (2011) – coordinated by the National Foundation of Young Managers, analyzed in 2001 the needs of developing management and consultancy programs in order to improve the knowledge, skills, and managerial behaviour...
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The potential and limits of farmers' groups as catalysts of women leaders
Nakazi, Florence; Aseete, Paul; Katungi, Enid; Ugen, … - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-16
The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index revealed weak leadership and influence of women in the community as indicators of women's political disempowerment. Collective action through farmer groups can be an important strategy for women members to strengthen their political power. The study...
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Social attributes and factors influencing entrepreneurial behaviors among rural women in Kakamega County, Kenya
Ondiba, Hesborn Andole; Matsui, Kenichi - In: Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 9 (2019) 2, pp. 1-10
This paper seeks to investigate social attributes and factors that influence entrepreneurial behaviors among rural women in Kakamega County, Kenya. A questionnaire survey was administered to 153 rural women entrepreneurs in the County. We found that husband's moral support was very important for...
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Exploring potential climate-related entrepreneurship opportunities and challenges for rural Nigerian women
Akinbami, C. A. O.; Olawoye, J. E.; Adesina, F. A.; … - In: Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 9 (2019) 19, pp. 1-28
Entrepreneurship is a tool for facilitating rural economic development, which is becoming increasingly needed to respond to the growing impacts of accelerating climate change on rural women's livelihoods in less developed countries creating constraints on sustainable development. This study...
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Rural women and ecotourism: Modeling entrepreneurial behavior in Iran
Aghdasi, Sahar; Najafabadi, Maryam Omidi; Farajallah … - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 12 (2023) 1, pp. 1-24
Fars province, as one of the most susceptible ecotourism regions of Iran, has paid attention to the establishment of … approach in Iran. The participants of the study were 431 of rural women in Fars and 205 were decided by Cochran formula. It is …
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Impact of remittances on male and female labor force participation patterns in Africa: Quasi‐experimental evidence from Ghana
Asiedu, Edward; Chimbar, Nurokinan - In: Review of Development Economics 24 (2020) 3, pp. 1009-1026
-term poverty reduction in rural areas through lower labor force participation, and as such rural-based and gender …
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Sociomoral atmosphere and prosocial and democratic value orientations in enterprises with different levels of structurally anchored participation
Weber, Wolfgang G.; Unterrainer, Christine; Höge, Thomas - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 22 (2008) 2, pp. 171-194
This study examines effects of structurally anchored organisational democracy on perceived sociomoral atmosphere and on employees' prosocial, democratic behavioural orientations. Data result from the ODEM research project. Beside a description of the concept of sociomoral atmosphere, within this...
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Management accountants' participation in strategic management process: A cross-industry comparision
Aver, Bostjan; Cadez, Simon - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 14 (2009) 3, pp. 310-322
are relatively strongly involved in strategic management processes, although the level of participation varies intensely … across industries. Participation is relatively high in contemporary manufacturing industries, the trade sector, and tourism …
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The behaviour of managers in Austria and the czech Republic: An intercultural comparison based on the Vroom/Yetton Model of leadership and decision making
Reber, Gerhard; Auer-Rizzi, Werner; Malý, Milan - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 9 (2004) 4, pp. 411-429
In this paper we compare the leadership behaviour of managers in Austria and the Czech Republic, employing the Vroom/Yetton situational leadership model. The model applies a methodology that is close-to-action in contrast to the collection of empirical data based on questionnaires, which target...
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The role of participation and communication for energy efficient refurbishment
Bretzmann, Antje; Bäumer, Thomas; Huber, Stephanie - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 17 (2017) 4, pp. 675-691
efficient refurbishment in large apartment houses with a heterogeneous ownership structure. Therefore, both a participation … introduces a participation and communication framework for energy efficient refurbishment with defined participation stages and … framework and an outlook for innovative opportunities of participation in order to enhance refurbishment rates in large …
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