Entrepreneurship development among women in the low income group: scope and constraints a study of educational and occupational

Abstract

The role of womell in society has chat1ged with commercialisation modernisation and industrialisation This has opened new a venues of employment and brought about tranSfCH111ation from traditional modes of production to the modern modes of industrial development where entrepreneurship could play a crucial role in the silstenance and maintenance of tinnily livelihoods in the lowincome segment In the present study effort has been made to identify the barriers role of training and support services motivation and stress patterns among women en trepreneurs fi OI11 the lowincome group in micro enterprise sector The objectives of the study were l To study the profile of women entrepreneurs and their entrepreneurial traits and functions performed as entrepreneurs 2 To examine the adequacy inadequacy of training facilities support system and guidance extended to WOlllCLI entrcpreneurs