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Small Business Success in Rural Communities: Explaining the Sex Gap.

Authors :
Bird, Sharon R.
Sapp, Stephen G.
Lee, Motoko Y.
Source :
Rural Sociology. Dec 2001 66(4):507-531.
Publication Year :
2001

Abstract

Supporting a "structural relational" view of small business success, data from 423 small business owners in Iowa suggest that links between owner characteristics, social relational processes, business structure, and success operate differently depending on urban-rural location and owner sex. Female owners had more professional training than males, but training related to success only under certain conditions. (Contains 42 references.) (SV)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0036-0112
Volume :
66
Issue :
4
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Rural Sociology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ637902
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research