Год выпуска: 2011 Автор: Preeti Sharma and Shashi Kanta Varma Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 168 ISBN: 9783844385878
Описание
This research was conducted with the specific objectives to study and analyse the profile and entrepreneurial traits of members of self-help groups, to investigate the empowerment of women through participation in selected entrepreneurial activities, to study the marketing networks of entrepreneurial units and isolate the factors affecting empowerment. The study revealed that the respondents had medium to low level of overall empowerment. Economic empowerment of women ranked first followed by social, entrepreneurial and technological empowerment. Positive and significant correlation was found between socio-economic, psychological, communication and entrepreneurial variables and overall empowerment. Impact of SHG was on decrease in domestic violence followed by impact on social and economic aspects of life. Nearly three fourth of the respondents had medium enterprise satisfaction. Cognitive and infrastructural constraints were considered major constraints by the respondents.It was...