Digital inclusion of businesswomen and women entrepreneurs through social networks in the informal environment

  1. Gutiérrez-Esteban, Prudencia 1
  2. Rodríguez-Miranda, Francisco de Paula 2
  3. Cubo-Delgado, Sixto 1
  4. Hernández-Rincón, María Lourdes 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Extremadura
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    Universidad de Extremadura

    Badajoz, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0174shg90

  2. 2 Universidad de Huelva
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    Universidad de Huelva

    Huelva, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03a1kt624

Revista:
Géneros

ISSN: 2014-3613

Año de publicación: 2021

Título del ejemplar: GÉNEROS. MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF GENDER STUDIES. OCTOBER

Volumen: 10

Número: 3

Páginas: 201-232

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.17583/GENEROS.7146 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Resumen

With the diffusion of Web 2.0, opportunities for collaboration, participation and training in the professional environment have widened. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of family set-up on the use of social networks by entrepreneurial women and businesswomen.Epistemologically, the study is based on the logical positivism and the hypothetical-deductive method. From a methodological point of view, this research is quantitative and presents a descriptive design.The participants in the study are woman from Extremadura and Andalucia (Spain), 477 entrepreneurs and 126 businesswomen. The forms of use of social networks by businesswomen and women entrepreneurs varies according to age-group. However, the age does not appear to have any impact on the places where social networks are used.The results lead us to believe that, in order to attain equality in the domain of digital inclusion, it is necessary to set up formal digital training to increase their digital presence and participation.

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We wish to thank all anonymous women’s participating in the study both the Andalusian Women’s Institute and the Association of Popular Universities of Extremadura. The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/ or publication of this article: This research was supported by the Spanish State Plan of Technical and Scientific Research Innovation, 2013-2016 (EDU-2013-45134-P).

Financiadores

    • EDU-2013-45134-P

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