Prospects of Entrepreneurial Competencies of Micro and Small Enterprise in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia

Shabudin Shenura; Ashenafi Haile; Emnet Negash

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Shabudin Shenura
Ashenafi Haile
Emnet Negash

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describe and determine the outcome of interest

Abstract

Objective: The Objective of this Study is to assess the entrepreneurial competencies of Micro and Small enterprises of Jimma Zone. Methods: An enterprise based cross sectional study was done using both quantitative and qualitative methods in three purposively selected districts/towns of Jimma Zones namely Agaro, Limu Kossa, and Shebe Sombo. A total of 183 entrepreneurs from both Micro and small enterprises were randomly sampled for quantitative and 16 FGDs and 9 Key informant interviews were conducted to describe and determine the outcome of interest. The data were analyzed using SPSS 20 and qualitative data was managed by transcribing verbatim on daily basis. Results: All of the respondents were aged 19 years and above with mean age of 26.8±4.2. 71% of them were male managers indicating gender inequality in business leadership of micro and small enterprises of the zone. Majority 124(67.8%) of them were from families having no business. the result of this study indicates that there is high gender gap in the leadership of micro and small enterprises.

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Prospects of Entrepreneurial Competencies of Micro and Small Enterprise in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia. (2016). Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 16(4), 19-29. https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/

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Author Biography

Emnet Negash

Emnet Negash is an academic and researcher affiliated with Jimma University in Ethiopia. Their work primarily focuses on entrepreneurship, female undergraduate students, and micro and small enterprises in the Ethiopian context. With a series of five published studies, they have examined attitudes toward entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial characteristics, and self-employment perceptions among university students, including comparative analyses between public and private institutions. Emnet Negash holds an MBA and serves as an Assistant Professor at Jimma University, and has also contributed as a reviewer for the Global Journal of Management and Business Research (GJMBR).

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