Gender differences in IT entrepreneurship: comparing the entrepreneurial intention/behavior in the pre and post-implementation phases

Résumé

Currently, the number of women entrepreneurs starting businesses is increasing. Women manage between a quarter and a third of the companies in the formal economy in the world. In Morocco, women entrepreneurs represent 10 to 12% of the total number of entrepreneurs with a low representation in the information technology (IT) sector[1].  The purpose of this paper is to compare the entrepreneurial intention and behavior of female and male entrepreneurs in the pre- and post-implementation phase, particularly in the IT sector. The content analysis of the interviews conducted allowed us to observe that in the pre-implementation phase, the gender variable only moderates the relationship between individual determinants and entrepreneurial intention. However, in the post-implementation phase, we found that the gender variable moderates both the relationship between individual and contextual determinants and entrepreneurial behavior. Ultimately, differences in terms of social ties, desirability and feasibility were revealed.

JEL Classification :  L26

Paper type :  Empirical research 

[1] According to a study conducted between 2014 and 2015, by the International Labour Office (ILO), in partnership with the Ministry of Employment, Social Affairs and the financial support of Global Affairs, Canada.