Abstract:

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to explore how male and female entrepreneurs have differences in thinking and perception on the subject of entrepreneurship. Method - The research was carried out among women and men entrepreneurs registered in the Women and Young Entrepreneurs' Board (KTO). It is hoped that literature will fill the lack of work on this subject. The universe of research is formed by the KTO Women and Young Entrepreneurial Board. A total of 165 studies have been carried out. The survey contains 23 questions about demographic information and 33 questions about the entrepreneurial self-sufficiency scale. Shaphiro Wilk test, Student t test for comparison of normal distributed data, Mann Whitney U test for normal non-distributed, simple statistics, one-way variance analysis (ANOVA) and LSD multi-comparation tests, and Kruskal Wallis test for normal non-distributed features, and All Pairwise multi-comparation test, correlation and regression analyses were used. Results - The analysis found no meaningful difference between the perceptions of male and female entrepreneurs. It has been found that women entrepreneurs’ skills in defining their main objectives and dealing with unexpected challenges differ from men entrepreneurs. There is also a significant relationship between entrepreneurial age and entrepreneurial self-quality. There is no difference between entrepreneurs and women entrepreneurs in terms of entrepreneurship. It seems that women have higher scores compared to male entrepreneurs in the fields of basic objectives, dealing with unexpected challenges, and skills to develop basic human resources. This situation indicates that women are more social, more enduring and more determining. The research was carried out among the staff members of certain committees. It can also be valuable for the comparison of the results between entrepreneurial training and unexperienced staff seeking government support.

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