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What is Method of Learning

Chapter 12
Women Entrepreneurs and Strategic Decision Making in the Global Economy
Regarded as a procedure of learning.
Published in Chapter:
Perspectives on Women's Entrepreneurial Learning and the Evolution of Female Entrepreneurship Research
Florica Tomos (University of South Wales, UK), Nick Clifton (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK), Saraswathy Thurairaj (University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia), and Oana Cristina Balan (Cardiff University, UK)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7479-8.ch012
Abstract
The aim of the chapter is to increase the knowledge regarding the methods and styles of learning used by women entrepreneurs in general, and in South East Wales and Malaysia in particular. The research question is What methods and styles of learning do women entrepreneurs employ in their businesses, in general, and specifically in SE Wales and Malaysia? The chapter is a theoretical study with a small empirical extension with two samples of women and men entrepreneurs in the South East Wales. The findings of this chapter support the constructive perspective on learning, adult and social learning, demonstrating the role of social interaction for women entrepreneurs' learning and experiential learning. Through a gender perspective with accent on andragogy, and by designing a model of women entrepreneurial learning, the study shapes a new direction within the research field of women entrepreneurship and constitutes an original contribution to knowledge.
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