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Social capital: Cross-industry and cross-state comparison among Malaysian women micro-entrepreneurs


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Rajennd Muniady and Abdullah Al- Mamun and P. Yukthamarani Permarupan and Noor Raihani Zainol and Mohd. Rosli Mohamad (2016) Social capital: Cross-industry and cross-state comparison among Malaysian women micro-entrepreneurs. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 7 (1). pp. 350-360. ISSN 2039-2117

Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine the distribution of social capital across industries and states in Peninsular Malaysia,
since social capital is considered one of the key factors that contribute to the performance of micro-enterprises. This study
employs the cross-sectional approach and quantitative data were collected through structured interviews from 417 women
micro-entrepreneurs in Peninsular Malaysia. It was found that the distribution of social capital is the same across industries
except for ‘shared meaning and interpretation’ and ‘cognitive social capital’. However, findings reported a significant difference
in items of social capital among the states, except for ‘network density’. Policy makers should therefore focus on interactive
programs in order to increase the social capital of the states with a low level of social capital as social capital is linked to
enterprise performance and economic development.

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Item Type: Non-Indexed Article
Collection Type: Institution
Date: 2016
Journal or Publication Title: Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences
ISSN: 2039-2117
Uncontrolled Keywords: Social Capital: Cross-Industry: Cross-State: Micro-Enterprise
Faculty/Centre/Office: Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business
URI: http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8464
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