To examine the mediating role of personal initiative in the relationship between minority status and self-employment among self-employed women in Uganda. Methods: This study employed a cross sectional survey design to collect data from 203 self-employed women to test for the study hypothesis using partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) using Smartpls version 3.2.9 professional.
Findings indicate a positive and significant relationship between minority status and self-employment, and partial mediating role of personal initiative in the relationship between minority status and self-employment at 95% confidence interval. Implication: The findings of this research provide useful insights into the role of minority status in boosting self-employment among women. Personal initiative is not only a booster of self-employment but also enhances the ability of women to start enterprises for their survival.
This paper examines the mediating role of personal initiative in the relationship between minority status and self-employment in the context of minority women in a Uganda, against the auspice of middleman minority and personal initiative theory.
The study was cross sectional hence imposing a limitation on changes in perception over time. Therefore, a longitudinal study in future is necessary. Besides, data were collected from self-employed women in Uganda. Above all, this study only considers minority status and personal initiative in explaining self-employment and yet there are other factors that could be explored.
Wandera, E.P., Nabeta, N.I., Munene, J.C. and Kanaabi, S.W. (2022): Minority Status and Self-Employment: The Mediating Role of Personal Initiative. World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 481–498.
