Muslim Women Entrepreneurs in Australia and Canada at the Intersections of Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Low, A

Muslim Women Entrepreneurs in Australia and Canada at the Intersections of Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Low, A

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Publisher:: UTS Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre
Publication Type:: Recording, Oral
Issue Date:: 2009-08-26

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Low, A
dc.date.accessioned	2009-11-20T00:40:09Z
dc.date.accessioned	2012-12-15T03:12:34Z
dc.date.available	2009-11-20T00:40:09Z
dc.date.available	2012-12-15T03:12:34Z
dc.date.issued	2009-08-26
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19857
dc.description	Audio recording. Running time 30 minutes 43 seconds. Original held at UTS Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre, Level 3, 645 Harris Street, Sydney	en
dc.description.abstract	This paper looks at the issues and challenges of Muslim women’s entrepreneurship in Australia and Canada at the intersections of entrepreneurship and leadership. As a starting point, this paper will investigate the types of businesses the two groups of women are engaged in and reasons for their choice. The paper looks at the resources and supporting factors for their entry into business. It further enquires into the leadership roles they play in the creation and operations of their businesses. The empirical research is exploratory and adopts the feminist-qualitative approach which listens to the voices of women. The research found that the Muslim women largely relied on family resources in business start-ups and operations. In most cases these women were able to sell their innovative ideas to family members to gain their support, however family tensions do arise and these women are equally innovative in their negotiations. The socio-economic benefits arising from the policy of inclusion of Muslim women in entrepreneurship is significant and must be supported and encouraged.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	UTS Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	CCS Seminar Series 2009
dc.relation.replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/2100/941
dc.subject	family	en
dc.subject	civil society	en
dc.subject	feminism	en
dc.subject	Muslim	en
dc.subject	Canada	en
dc.subject	entrepreneur	en
dc.subject	Islam	en
dc.subject	cosmopolitan	en
dc.subject	Australia	en
dc.subject	women	en
dc.subject	leadership	en
dc.title	Muslim Women Entrepreneurs in Australia and Canada at the Intersections of Entrepreneurship and Leadership	en
dc.type	Recording, oral	en
utslib.copyright.status	open_access

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This paper looks at the issues and challenges of Muslim women’s entrepreneurship in Australia and Canada at the intersections of entrepreneurship and leadership. As a starting point, this paper will investigate the types of businesses the two groups of women are engaged in and reasons for their choice. The paper looks at the resources and supporting factors for their entry into business. It further enquires into the leadership roles they play in the creation and operations of their businesses. The empirical research is exploratory and adopts the feminist-qualitative approach which listens to the voices of women. The research found that the Muslim women largely relied on family resources in business start-ups and operations. In most cases these women were able to sell their innovative ideas to family members to gain their support, however family tensions do arise and these women are equally innovative in their negotiations. The socio-economic benefits arising from the policy of inclusion of Muslim women in entrepreneurship is significant and must be supported and encouraged.

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