| dc.description.abstract | Women entrepreneurs have most
certainly been identified for their notable
additions towards the socio-economic
advancement of most countries over the past
decades. However, the majority of the literature
on female entrepreneurs have been cantered on
developed countries, and inadequate knowledge
is found on women entrepreneurs in developing
countries such as Sri Lanka. In accordance with
bridging the said theoretical and empirical gap,
this study mainly assembled a unit of analysis of
women entrepreneurs in the micro-enterprise
sector in the Kandy district with a sample that
covered all its divisional secretariat areas.
Reliability and validity were tested by carrying a
pilot survey of 25 respondents. With the gain of
210 respondents on the final survey, it was
found that both the main variables in study had
positive relationships with Sustainable
Entrepreneurial Performance. Further,
opportunities for green entrepreneurship and
training support did not prove any relationship,
while the rest that are social perception,
analytical planning, proactiveness, teamwork,
government support policy, business
environment, green attitude, perceived
controlled behaviour, optimism, innovation,
leadership and psychological factors had
positive relationships with Sustainable
Entrepreneurial Performance. Government,
private organizations, and Non-Government
Organizations (NGO) should consider necessary
efforts to enhance the business talents of women
with more industrial opportunities and better
entrepreneurial setting in Sri Lanka. This study,
thereby offers vastly to the knowledge about
women entrepreneurship in a developing
economy and also assists to consolidate anyone’s
understanding about this subject and the scope
of entrepreneurship while presenting practical | en_US |
