Authors
Carlos Costa, Zelia Breda, Fiona Eva Bakas, Marilia Durão, Isabel Pinho
Publication date
2016/9/12
Journal
International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship
Volume
8
Issue
3
Pages
282-306
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Description
Purpose
This paper aims to investigate the ways in which gender influences entrepreneurial motivations and barriers in the Brazilian tourism sector. As an economic process, tourism entrepreneurship is widely spread in Brazil, with tourism development programs promoting it as a strategy to empower women, however limited research exists on how gender roles influence entrepreneurial ideals. This nationwide study aims to provide a contemporary insight into how tourism entrepreneurs in Brazil are situated within current entrepreneurship theorizing by questioning the complexity caused as gender roles influence entrepreneurial conceptualizations of what constitute motivations and barriers.
Design/methodology/approach
This study uses online questionnaires aimed, for the first time, at a large variety of tourism sub-sectors in Brazil. Having nation-wide scope, the questionnaires produce knowledge on what …
Scholar articles
C Costa, Z Breda, FE Bakas, M Durão, I Pinho - International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 2016