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Ponte Academic Journal
Jul 2020, Volume 76, Issue 7

BEING A WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR IN SPORT SECTOR

Author(s): Yeliz Erath Sirin ,Fatma Pervin Bilir, Saadet Gonen Yildiz, Ozge Aydin, Billur Yildirim

J. Ponte - Jul 2020 - Volume 76 - Issue 7
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2020.7.3



Abstract:
The aim of this study is to examine the problemsof women entrepreneurs in sport sector in terms of demographic features. The sample of the study consists of 94 volunteering women entrepreneurs operating sport centres in the cities of Adana, Mersin, Osmaniye and Hatay in cukurova region. The data in the study were collected by using an online questionnaire consisting of 2 parts. The first part includes 6 questions to find out the demographic features of women entrepreneurs in sport sector. In the second part, a questionnaire with 7 sub-dimensions and 27 items to find out the problems of women entrepreneurs was used which was adapted by Cici (2013) from another study and the factor analysis of which was made again by Ye?il (2018). \\r\\nThe problems of women entrepreneurs in sport sector were examined in seven sub-dimensions and it was found that there were significant differences in micro environment sub-dimension in terms of the variable of marital status; in organization sub-dimension in terms of the variable of the presence of entrepreneurs in the family; in financial environment, education and organization sub-dimensions in terms of the variable of women entrepreneurs professional experience; in bureaucratic environment sub-dimension in terms of the variable of the city the enterprise was located in. When the average scores of the sub-dimensions in the problems experienced in women entrepreneurship were examined, it was found that the education sub-dimension was in the first place in terms of priority because its average score was 4,039, while financial environment sub-dimension was in the last place because its average score was 2,97. In this context, it is thought that the variables of marital status, having entrepreneurs in the family, professional experience and the city in which the enterprise was located in can be important in terms of the problems women entrepreneurs experienced.
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