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Women Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Role of Psychological Capital

Author(s)

Priyanka Sharma Gurnani

Affiliations

Jaipur National University, Jagatpura, Jaipur, India

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of psycholo- gical capital on women entrepreneurs’ innovative behavior. The result indicates that women with high self-efficacy and internal locus of control scored higher on entrepreneurial innovative behavior than women with low self-efficacy and external locus of control. There was also a significant relationship between highly educated women and lowly educated women. Women are encouraged to belief in themselves while their acquisition of higher education will provide impetus for growth and achievement in entrepre- neurial innovative activities. Further studies in relation to task specifics are recommended.

Keywords

Innovative Behavior, Self-efficacy, Women Entrepreneurs, Psychological Capital.

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