Empreendedorismo feminino: um estudo com mulheres empreendedoras participantes do prêmio SEBRAE mulher de negócios

Abstract

This work has as an objective to describe the road of the enterprising women who participate of the Business Women Award, which is encouraged by the Brazilian Service of Support to Micro and Small Enterprises (SEBRAE) in the city of Dourados (MS). This award is a statewide and national recognizing of the women who made their dreams happen, and their life is an example for so many women who dream about being a businesswomen. To do this work, it was first developed an theoretical study about this issue, with the definition of the concept of entrepreneurship, the meaning of entrepreneur and their characteristics. Then, it’s presented a small definition of the origin and history of female entrepreneurship, and finishing with a topic about gender and power relationships. The adopted methodological indications were: the qualitative type research for the definition of the sample was used oral history method of life, data collection was carried out from a semi -structured interview and finally the data analysis was performed using the method content analysis. In the field research with the four entrepreneurial , can be concluded their life histories as well as the profiles and the main features presented by them , the reasons that led them to embark on the difficulties and opportunities encountered during their professional careers and multiple papers designed for them.