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back from business failures and improve one's ability to deal with
environmental changes. It measures the extent to which women can
develop their skills to maintain their business. In order to grow as an
entrepreneur, training is crucial. Offering women business owners
entrepreneurial training and development programmes through
authorised institutions may assist bring about change and reinforce
positive business attitudes (Allahdadi, F., 2011). A woman
entrepreneur's setup could be transformed by such an endeavour,
giving her the freedom to expand her company in novel ways. Some
significant obstacles for women entrepreneurs include a lack of
possibilities for education, training, expertise, and mobility, as well as
a lack of institutional support and inadequate gender-specific training
programmes. Human resources training can help female business
owners interact with their workforce more effectively and meet their
goals.

Social-cultural
This antecedent explains how culture and attitudes towards women in
business have an impact. Socio-cultural influence describes the effects
that interpersonal interactions have on people's attitudes, behaviours,
and dispositions. Relationships frequently reflect the values, attitudes,
dispositions, and modes of living that people adopt as a result of their
social, religious, and educational experiences.

In developing nations, socio-cultural contexts frequently discourage or
do not support women's engagement in economic activities
(Ramadani, V., et al., 2015).Women who pursue entrepreneurship may
face discrimination from their families and society. An explanation of
how gender socialisation processes and gender roles within families
and society are instilled throughout childhood and reinforced in
adulthood through social interactions and norms is provided by

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