Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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The Effects of Gender and Childbirth on Entrepreneurship: Implications for the Activation of Female Entrepreneurship

성별 및 출산이 기업가정신에 미치는 영향: 여성 기업가정신 활성화 방안에 대한 함의

  • Choo, Seungyoup (College of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies, Kyonggi University) ;
  • Kong, Hyewon (Business Administration, Chung-Ang University)
  • 추승엽 (경기대학교 융합교양대학) ;
  • 공혜원 (중앙대학교 미래일터연구소)
  • Received : 2019.09.09
  • Accepted : 2019.10.26
  • Published : 2019.10.31
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Abstract

The entrepreneurship can be a source of national growth potential as behavioral tendencies of people who seek innovation, take risks of failure, and proactively respond to opportunities. In particular, in the economic situation of Korea where growth has been stagnated, it is necessary to strengthen the entrepreneurship of women which is relatively lower than men's in order to activate the start-up and economic participation of the whole people. In this regard, this study focuses not only on gender differences in entrepreneurship but also on the hidden impact of social contexts that cause gender differences in entrepreneurship. Specifically, this study examined the moderating effects of childbirth, a factor that reflects the social context of Korea in the relationship between gender and entrepreneurship. According to the results of the model that includes the interaction effect of these variables in addition to the independent effects of gender and childbirth, the gender effect disappeared, while the significant effect of both the childbirth variable and the interaction variable of gender and childbirth were confirmed. Furthermore, according to additional analysis, which identified the differences in entrepreneurship by creating four types of treatment groups based on gender and childbirth status, entrepreneurship was significantly lower in the 'female and childbirth' group than in all other groups. The difference between the remaining treatment groups was not statistically significant. These results indicate that differences in entrepreneurship levels between men and women overlap not with the unique trait of men and women, but with the social contextual effects of Korea, where women are under the full burden of childbirth and parenting. This study suggests implications that effective policy measures to promote women's entrepreneurship or economic activity should be taken by taking into account the social context of Korea that suppresses women's entrepreneurial behavior.

국가의 기업가정신은 혁신을 추구하고 실패 위험을 감수하며 진취적으로 대응하여 기회를 선도하려는 보편적인 국민 개인들의 행동성향의 정도로서 국가 성장 잠재력의 원천이 될 수 있다. 특히 저성장이 고착화되고 있는 한국의 경제상황에서는 전체 국민의 창업 및 경제활동참여를 활성화시킬 수 있도록 남성에 비해 상대적으로 낮은 수준으로 나타나는 여성의 기업가정신을 제고시켜야 할 필요성이 제기되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 단순히 기업가정신 수준의 성별 차이 자체에 주목하는 것이 아닌 기업가정신의 성별 차이를 발생시키는 사회적 맥락의 숨겨진 영향력에 초점을 두었다. 구체적으로 본 연구는 성별과 기업가정신 수준 간 관계에 있어 한국의 사회적 맥락을 반영하는 요인인 출산의 조절효과를 검증하였다. 실증분석결과에 따르면, 성별 및 출산의 독립적인 효과 이외에 이들 변수들의 상호작용 효과를 포함하여 검증한 모형에서는 성별 효과가 사라진 반면, 출산 변수와 성별 및 출산의 상호작용 변수의 효과가 통계적으로 유의하게 나타났다. 또한 성별 및 출산여부를 바탕으로 네가지 유형의 처리집단을 생성하여 기업가정신의 차이를 검증한 추가분석결과에 따르면, '여성 및 출산' 집단이 다른 모든 집단에 비해 기업가정신이 유의하게 낮았으며, 나머지 처리집단들 간 차이는 통계적으로 유의하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과는 일반적으로 관찰되는 성별 간 기업가정신 수준의 차이에 있어서는 남녀의 고유한 특성 자체가 아닌 자녀출산 및 육아부담을 여성이 전적으로 감당하는 한국의 사회적 맥락 효과가 중첩되어 있음을 의미하고 있다. 본 연구는 여성의 기업가적 행동 성향을 억제하는 한국의 사회적 맥락을 고려함으로서 여성의 창업 또는 경제활동참여 활성화를 촉진할 수 있는 실효성 있는 정책 방안 마련을 위한 시사점을 제시하고 있다.

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