صاحبات الأعمال الرياديات في الأردن: سمات وخصائص

This study aims primarily at exploring the traits and behaviors characterizing entrepreneurial women in Jordan; studying the impact of their social, personal, and occupational backgrounds on those traits and behaviors. A convenient sample of Jordanian entrepreneurial women has been constructed of those who own successful entrepreneurial projects in diverse business areas, and of different regions across the country. The sample has been selected according to predetermined criteria to collect the necessary data from 71 questionnaires. The study has arrived at some findings demonstrating that entrepreneurial Jordanian women acquire many of the typical entrepreneurial generic traits and behaviors. They enjoy high degrees of self confidence, motive to achieve, creativity, innovativeness, proactivity, and the ability to create communication networks with different groups. They prove to have self desire for holding responsibility. The study has also demonstrated that Jordanian entrepreneurial women hold average degrees in seeking to set plans and exploit opportunities. However, they do possess low levels of risk taking. The study has also concluded that there is a statistically significant difference at P<=.05 between educational levels and women’s proactivity and intuition for the benefit of those holding higher educational levels. Similarly, there is a positive statistically significant difference between experience and the traits of planning, and the ability to build communication networks. Finally, there is a statistically significant difference at p <=.05 with relation to the father’s occupation and women’s ability to build networks of relationships. KEYWORDS: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Business Women, Jordan, Entrepreneurial Businesses.