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Scirj Volume V, Issue IX, September 2017 Edition
ISSN: 2201-2796

DETERMINANT FACTORS INFLUENCING DECISIONS MAKING OF RETIRED WOMEN AS CIVIL SERVANTS TO BECOME ENTREPRENEURS IN DKI JAKARTA, INDONESIA

SISMIATI, RAHMATIA, MAHLIA MUIS, MADRIS

Abstract: This study aims to analyze determinant factors influencing decisions making of women who have retired as civil servant to become entrepreneurs. This was an explanatory research which was conducted in DKI Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. The unit analysis of this study is women who have retired as civil servants since 2013 until 2015. The number of retired women as sample collected was 291 people who worked previously in various government institutions in Jakarta. The statistical method used to analyze the data was by using structural equation model (SEM). This method was used to examine the causal relationship between the latent variables contained in the structural equation. The study found that the internal characteristics have significant effect on the use of social networking, motivation towards entrepreneurship, entrepreneur characteristics, and decision to become entrepreneurs for women who have retired as civil servants. Similarly, the external characteristics also have positive and significant effects on the use of social networking, motivation towards entrepreneurship, and the characteristics of the entrepreneur. The use of social networks has significant effect on decision making of retired women to become entrepreneurs. Motivation towards entrepreneurship also has significant effect on decision making of retired women to become entrepreneurs. Also, characteristics of entrepreneurs have significant effect on decision making of retired women to become entrepreneurs, while the external characteristics have no significant effect on decision making of retired women to become entrepreneurs.

Reference this Paper: DETERMINANT FACTORS INFLUENCING DECISIONS MAKING OF RETIRED WOMEN AS CIVIL SERVANTS TO BECOME ENTREPRENEURS IN DKI JAKARTA, INDONESIA by SISMIATI, RAHMATIA, MAHLIA MUIS, MADRIS published at: "Scientific Research Journal (Scirj), Volume V, Issue IX, September 2017 Edition, Page 56-64 ".

Search Terms: retired women, entrepreneurs, internal and external characteristics, decision making, structural equation model (SEM)

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