[ Analyse des déterminants intrinsèques de la réussite des femmes entrepreneures au Cameroun ]
Volume 49, Issue 2, July 2020, Pages 349–359
Micheline Domkam1, Robert Wanda2, and Fabrice Nguegang3
1 LAREMA, University of Dschang, BP: 110 Dschang, FSEG, Cameroon
2 LAREMA, University of Dschang, BP: 110 Dschang, FSEG, Cameroon
3 LAREFA, University of Dschang, BP: 110 Dschang, FSEG, Cameroon
Original language: French
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Several studies have focused on the performance of women in entrepreneurship using the same measurement tools as those used to measure the performance of their male counterparts. However, many studies have shown the singularity of women's entrepreneurship, particularly with respect to the measurement of success. To bridge this gap, this paper aims to analyse the impact of factors specific to women entrepreneurs that determine their success in business. To achieve this objective, we used a sample of 142 women business owners, surveyed in three cities: Douala, Bafoussam and Yaounde. As estimation technique, we used a binary Logit model because of the dichotomous nature of the response to the question of whether a woman feels she has been successful or not. In order to reinforce the singular character of female entrepreneurship, we used two types of dependent variables: first, a so-called subjective variable, «Achieving flexibility between work and family lives» and an objective variable, «Annual income level». The results show that the model with «Achieving flexibility between work and family lives» as the dependent variable is better for predicting the success of women entrepreneurs than the model with «Annual income level» as the dependent variable. Moreover, these results show that globally; factors related to human capital are the key determinants of success for women entrepreneurs in Cameroon.
Author Keywords: Entrepreneurship, female, performance, factors, internal.
Volume 49, Issue 2, July 2020, Pages 349–359
Micheline Domkam1, Robert Wanda2, and Fabrice Nguegang3
1 LAREMA, University of Dschang, BP: 110 Dschang, FSEG, Cameroon
2 LAREMA, University of Dschang, BP: 110 Dschang, FSEG, Cameroon
3 LAREFA, University of Dschang, BP: 110 Dschang, FSEG, Cameroon
Original language: French
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Several studies have focused on the performance of women in entrepreneurship using the same measurement tools as those used to measure the performance of their male counterparts. However, many studies have shown the singularity of women's entrepreneurship, particularly with respect to the measurement of success. To bridge this gap, this paper aims to analyse the impact of factors specific to women entrepreneurs that determine their success in business. To achieve this objective, we used a sample of 142 women business owners, surveyed in three cities: Douala, Bafoussam and Yaounde. As estimation technique, we used a binary Logit model because of the dichotomous nature of the response to the question of whether a woman feels she has been successful or not. In order to reinforce the singular character of female entrepreneurship, we used two types of dependent variables: first, a so-called subjective variable, «Achieving flexibility between work and family lives» and an objective variable, «Annual income level». The results show that the model with «Achieving flexibility between work and family lives» as the dependent variable is better for predicting the success of women entrepreneurs than the model with «Annual income level» as the dependent variable. Moreover, these results show that globally; factors related to human capital are the key determinants of success for women entrepreneurs in Cameroon.
Author Keywords: Entrepreneurship, female, performance, factors, internal.
Abstract: (french)
Plusieurs travaux ce sont intéressés à la performance des femmes en entrepreneuriat en recourant aux mêmes instruments de mesure que ceux utilisés dans la mesure de la performance chez leurs homologues hommes. Pourtant de nombreuses études ont montré la singularité de l’entrepreneuriat des femmes, notamment en ce qui concerne la mesure de la réussite. Pour combler ce gap, ce papier a pour objectif d’analyser l’impact des facteurs propres aux femmes entrepreneures qui déterminent leur réussite dans les affaires. En vue d’atteindre cet objectif, nous avons recouru à échantillon de 142 femmes propriétaires d’entreprise, interrogées dans trois villes: Douala, Bafoussam et Yaoundé. Nous avons utilisé comme technique d’estimation un modèle Logit binaire en raison du caractère dichotomique de la réponse à que question de savoir si une femme estime avoir réussi ou non. En vue de conforter le caractère singulier de l’entrepreneuriat féminin, nous avons utilisé deux types de variables dépendantes: d’abord une variable dite subjective, l’« équilibre vie social et vie familiale » et une variable dite objective, le « niveau de revenu annuel ». Les résultats montrent que le modèle avec comme variable dépendante l’« équilibre vie professionnelle et vie familiale » a meilleur pour pouvoir prédictif de la réussite des femmes entrepreneures que celui avec comme variable dépendante le « niveau de revenu annuel ». Par ailleurs, ces résultats montrent que globalement les facteurs liés au capital humain sont les déterminants clés de la réussite des femmes entrepreneures au Cameroun.
Author Keywords: Entrepreneuriat, féminin, performance, facteurs, internes.
How to Cite this Article
Micheline Domkam, Robert Wanda, and Fabrice Nguegang, “Analysis of intrinsic determinants of women entrepreneurship success in Cameroon,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 349–359, July 2020.
