Facilitating affective experiences to stimulate women’s entrepreneurship in rural India

Aparna Katre · 2018 · International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

Summary. Women in rural India overcome socio-cultural barriers to entrepreneurship through cooperative ventures that foster sisterhood. Cooperative membership creates repeated positive emotional experiences through role models, mentoring, and peer support, enabling women to challenge traditional constraints and sustain entrepreneurial activity. The study of craft-based cooperatives in Bihar shows that equality-focused work environments and female solidarity generate the affective conditions necessary for lasting socio-economic change.

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  title   = {Facilitating affective experiences to stimulate women’s entrepreneurship in rural India},
  author  = {Aparna Katre},
  journal = {International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship},
  year    = {2018},
  doi     = {10.1108/ijge-01-2018-0007},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1108/ijge-01-2018-0007}
}

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DOI

10.1108/ijge-01-2018-0007

Countries

India

Regions

Asia

Categories

entrepreneurship, regional-innovation-systems

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2026-04-28