Abstract:
Abstract: Women constitute half of the total population and thus are regarded as
asset for the socio-economic development of any nation. In Bangladesh, women
either start their own business or join corporate jobs as their career. The main
purpose of this research is to identify the factors that influence women’s decision of
choosing corporate jobs as careers or becoming entrepreneurs. A large number of
studies conducted before related to this issue are also taken into consideration in
this article. A total of 16 variables responsible for influencing women for corporate
jobs and 14 variables responsible for influencing women for becoming entrepreneur
are selected from related literatures. Factor analysis has been conducted to reduce
the number of total variables. Bartlett’s test of Sphericity has been used along with
the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) statistic. SPSS 16.0 has been used to analyze the
data collected from primary sources through random sampling technique. The
analysis divulges that business risk avoidance, tangible and intangible
compensation, communicational barriers, and practical knowledge out of
entrepreneurial risk are the major factors that influence women’s decision to join
corporate jobs. Moreover, women select entrepreneurship as career to show strong
commitment toward their own work, to control their own working hours, to balance
their home chores and work, and so on.
