Gender
Research on the differences between men and women indicate that there are significant differences in their career choices, and that theoretical models that describe the career paths of men are not entirely appropriate for women (Farmer, 1997;Neergard et al, 2005; Gupta et al, 2008).Typically , men are two to five times more likely than women to start theis own businesses ( Reynolde et al, 2000). Gupta et al. (2008) found that men had higher entrepreneurial intention scores compared with women. Likewise , Roomi and Parrot (2008) indicate that there are barriers to development and progression of female entrepreneurs, resulting in limited spatial mobility and a dearth of social capital for female entrepreneurs. However, women see entrepreneurship as a way of achieving a better balance between work and family than that provided by paid employment (Kirkwood and Tootell, 2008).Researchers of entrepreneurship have revealed that female entrepreneurs want work that is challenging and have growth orientation