Document Type
Other
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Place of Publication
Perth, Western Australia
Abstract
Entrepreneurial or self-employed women are a growing component of the workforce worldwide. Australian statistics reveal that women are establishing their own businesses (in particular in self-employment) at a approximately twice the rate of men. In 1991-92 more than one million (41 per cent) of the 2.6 million people working in small business were women. Less than one third of these were self-employed or employers, while women accounted for 46 per cent of small business employees (Employment and Skills Formation Council, 1994)...
Comments
Still, L., & Chia, B. (1995). Women and leadership working paper series: Paper no. 1: Self-employed women: Four years on. Perth, Australia: Edith Cowan University.