Barreiras ao empreendedorismo por mulheres

Abstract

The number of entrepreneurs has grown steadily in Brazil, even during periods of economic recession. Statistical data has indicated that the number of men is higher than that of women entrepreneurs. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the barriers that women face to undertake and to analyze whether these barriers, in their majority, are habitual in entrepreneurship by women and, if not, to present the factors that make a woman face more barriers compared to the others. The study is characterized as a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview script. The results indicated that the main barriers encountered by women were issues of a family and psychological nature, management, credit and conditions for Brazil to undertake. Only psychological and credit barriers were common to all of them, the other barriers being varied according to academic background, sector of activity and maternity.