A Study Of Women Micro Entrepreneurs In Malaysia: Livelihood Strategies And Challenges
Micro entrepreneurs play an important role in Malaysia’s vision by achieving high income economy by 2020. Micro business assists local economies and contributes to a thriving economic growth. Government provides several types of aids and assistance such as microcredit facilities, short-term loan, to...
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| author | Musa, Mazidah Shuib, Rashidah Selamat, Nor Hafizah Mohd Isa, Salmi Osman, Intan Abu Bakar, Saridan |
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| description | Micro entrepreneurs play an important role in Malaysia’s vision by achieving high income economy by 2020. Micro business assists local economies and contributes to a thriving economic growth. Government provides several types of aids and assistance such as microcredit facilities, short-term loan, tools and equipment to facilitate microbusinesses. As a result, by 2010, there were 77% micro entrepreneurs. However, according to the report by the Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp. Malaysia), at least 75% of the business failed during their first year of operation. This figure is worrying and has to be studied in order to understand the real problems faced by Malaysian micro entrepreneurs. A qualitative study was conducted on a sample of 18 women micro entrepreneurs from Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, Selangor and Penang using in-depth interviews. A set of guideline questions was constructed guided by the gender analytical framework and an adaptation of the Sustainable Livelihood framework, focusing on three aspects; financial capital, human capital and social capital as well as the livelihood strategies taken by the women. A thematic analysis done showed that the women entrepreneurs adopted several livelihood strategies such as doing innovation in business and producing various products to increase sales”. In terms of livelihood assets, the women entrepreneurs had to grapple with gender issues of child care, lack of family support and negative perceptions from the community, insufficient raw materials and capital to expand their businesses. Based on the research, sustainable livelihood has not been achieved by women entrepreneurs as a result of the problems mentioned. A multi-sectoral intervention are needed to support women entrepreneurs such as providing quality child care centers, provision of capital facilities and ensuring sufficient flow of raw materials. |
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| spelling | usm.eprints-313182016-12-23T02:09:33Z http://eprints.usm.my/31318/ A Study Of Women Micro Entrepreneurs In Malaysia: Livelihood Strategies And Challenges Musa, Mazidah Shuib, Rashidah Selamat, Nor Hafizah Mohd Isa, Salmi Osman, Intan Abu Bakar, Saridan B1-5802 Philosophy (General) Micro entrepreneurs play an important role in Malaysia’s vision by achieving high income economy by 2020. Micro business assists local economies and contributes to a thriving economic growth. Government provides several types of aids and assistance such as microcredit facilities, short-term loan, tools and equipment to facilitate microbusinesses. As a result, by 2010, there were 77% micro entrepreneurs. However, according to the report by the Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp. Malaysia), at least 75% of the business failed during their first year of operation. This figure is worrying and has to be studied in order to understand the real problems faced by Malaysian micro entrepreneurs. A qualitative study was conducted on a sample of 18 women micro entrepreneurs from Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, Selangor and Penang using in-depth interviews. A set of guideline questions was constructed guided by the gender analytical framework and an adaptation of the Sustainable Livelihood framework, focusing on three aspects; financial capital, human capital and social capital as well as the livelihood strategies taken by the women. A thematic analysis done showed that the women entrepreneurs adopted several livelihood strategies such as doing innovation in business and producing various products to increase sales”. In terms of livelihood assets, the women entrepreneurs had to grapple with gender issues of child care, lack of family support and negative perceptions from the community, insufficient raw materials and capital to expand their businesses. Based on the research, sustainable livelihood has not been achieved by women entrepreneurs as a result of the problems mentioned. A multi-sectoral intervention are needed to support women entrepreneurs such as providing quality child care centers, provision of capital facilities and ensuring sufficient flow of raw materials. 2016-11-16 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/31318/1/Mazidah_Musa.pdf Musa, Mazidah and Shuib, Rashidah and Selamat, Nor Hafizah and Mohd Isa, Salmi and Osman, Intan and Abu Bakar, Saridan (2016) A Study Of Women Micro Entrepreneurs In Malaysia: Livelihood Strategies And Challenges. In: 3rd KANITA POSTGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GENDER STUDIES, 16 – 17 November 2016, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang. |
| spellingShingle | B1-5802 Philosophy (General) Musa, Mazidah Shuib, Rashidah Selamat, Nor Hafizah Mohd Isa, Salmi Osman, Intan Abu Bakar, Saridan A Study Of Women Micro Entrepreneurs In Malaysia: Livelihood Strategies And Challenges |
| title | A Study Of Women Micro Entrepreneurs In Malaysia: Livelihood Strategies And Challenges |
| title_full | A Study Of Women Micro Entrepreneurs In Malaysia: Livelihood Strategies And Challenges |
| title_fullStr | A Study Of Women Micro Entrepreneurs In Malaysia: Livelihood Strategies And Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Study Of Women Micro Entrepreneurs In Malaysia: Livelihood Strategies And Challenges |
| title_short | A Study Of Women Micro Entrepreneurs In Malaysia: Livelihood Strategies And Challenges |
| title_sort | study of women micro entrepreneurs in malaysia livelihood strategies and challenges |
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