An Empirical Insight into the Factors Affecting the Oscillation of Women between Self and Paid Employment in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorIrene, Bridget
dc.contributor.authorOpute, Promise
dc.contributor.authorMurithi, William
dc.date.acceptance2021-10-30
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T14:27:54Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T14:27:54Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-01
dc.description.abstractDiscourse in entrepreneurship has highlighted the importance of understanding the entrepreneurial motivation of women. Although prior literature documents significant similarity in women motivations, there is limited understanding of what motivates South African women to oscillate between self-employment and paid employment. Therefore, this study aims to highlight these factors by exploring the career mobility perspective with expectancy, motivational and work–life balance perspectives. The study utilises the interpretive phenomenological approach (IPA) to understand the influencing factors of women’s oscillation from self- to paid employment in the South African socio-economic and cultural context. Sample was drawn from a population of women entrepreneurs in South Africa via interviews and focus group discussions. The results show that a major factor influencing women decision to engage in entrepreneurship is the need to achieve work–life balance. The inability to secure financial capital, gender bias, social and cultural norms are the most significant challenges women face in South Africa, thus leaving them with no option than to seek sustenance in paid employment while maintaining their businesses by the side.
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dc.identifier.citationIrene, B., Abdullah, P.O., Murithi, W.K. (2022) An Empirical Insight into the Factors Affecting the Oscillation of Women Between Self- and Paid Employment in South Africa. In: Kolade, O., Rae, D., Obembe, D., Woldesenbet Beta, K. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of African Entrepreneurship. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75894-3_22
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2086/24047
dc.language.isoen
dc.projectidN/A
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillan
dc.researchinstituteCentre for Enterprise and Innovation (CEI)
dc.subjectWomen Entrepreneurship
dc.subjectMotivation
dc.subjectOscillation
dc.subjectSelf-Employment
dc.subjectPaid Employment
dc.subjectWork-Life balance
dc.titleAn Empirical Insight into the Factors Affecting the Oscillation of Women between Self and Paid Employment in South Africa
dc.typeBook chapter

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