Entrepreneurial Women: Fears, Achievements, and Quality of Life

In face of the challenge to build knowledge on the psychological aspects of gender entrepreneurship in Brazil, this study aims to analyze the worries of entrepreneurial women worries & their subjective well-being. Forty-nine women owning business in various areas of activity in Rio de Janeiro were interviewed at their companies. A self-evaluation measure showed that entrepreneurial women shared an overall high level of quality of life, based mainly on their satisfaction at work, with children & with self-respect. Data indicated that multiple roles played by entrepreneurs are equally relevant. Qualitative analysis of the interviews revealed that those women are fearless & self-confident, though they have worries related to the company financial aspects & growth. Self-satisfied, passionately identified with their firms, they perceive themselves in an achievement continuous process. Problems related to discrimination & to multiple role-playing, as well as all other data are discussed in the light of the literature on gender entrepreneurship. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document.