Entrepreneurial networking and sustainability of women-owned micro-enterprise performance: the mediating role of self-organization and entrepreneurial learning behaviors
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2025-01-21
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Emerald
Abstract
Purpose
This study examines the mediating role of self-organization and entrepreneurial learning behaviors in the relationship between entrepreneurial networking and sustainability of women owned micro-enterprise performance.
Design/methodology/approach
We tested our model based on a sample of 518 women-owned micro-enterprises in Eastern Uganda using ordinary partial least squares regression through Smart PLS version 3.3.3.
Findings
The results show a direct relationship between entrepreneurial networking, entrepreneurial learning behavior, self-organization and sustainability of women owned micro-enterprise performance. In addition, self-organization mediates the relationship between entrepreneurial networking, entrepreneurial learning behavior and sustainability of women owned micro-enterprise performance. Furthermore, entrepreneurial learning behavior mediates the relationship between self-organization and sustainability of women owned micro-enterprise performance.
Research limitations/implications
The study was cross-sectional; it is possible that the views held by individuals may change over the Originality/value
This research contributes to gender-based sustainability of micro-enterprise performance by empirically testing the anecdotal and conceptual evidence.
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Mayanja, S.S., Mutebi, H. and Isingoma, J.W. (2025), "Entrepreneurial networking and sustainability of women-owned micro-enterprise performance: the mediating role of self-organization and entrepreneurial learning behaviors", IIMBG Journal of Sustainable Business and Innovation, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSBI-08-2024-0039