Abstract:
Home-based business is one of the important business sectors that have been supported by policy makers in different countries in recent years. The microbusiness privileges (such as agility and flexibility)، alongside the advantages of using a home as a business location (including elimination of business location costs) have triggered multiple motivations in the tendency toward such businesses. This research is designed to identify the factors affecting home-based entrepreneurship decisions. The statistical population of this research covers all of the trainees of the Yazd Technical and Vocational Training Center (N=254). The exploratory factor analysis demonstrates that five factors (started in the order of importance: entrepreneurial، domestic، job seeking and creedal motivations) explain more than sixty (60%) percent of such motivations. From among such motivations، there is no significant difference between men and women in respect of entrepreneurship، job seeking and creedal factor، but domestic and family motivations are found to be stronger among women and married couples compared to men and singles. Also men’s financial motivations are stronger than those of women.
Machine summary:
This research seeks to identify the factors (motivations) influencing individuals' decisions in home-based entrepreneurship, and the statistical population includes all trainees of the Yazd Technical and Vocational Training Center, totaling 254 people.
Therefore, the aim of this research is to identify the main motivations for people's tendency towards home-based businesses, so that it becomes clear what reasons cause people in their decision to become self-employed and start an independent business belonging to themselves; choose home as the starting point of activity.
Suitable location and facilities of the home, the need for initial capital, being less with family and benefiting from their support, flexibility, and establishing a balance between work and life (often among women and married individuals) and other motivations that being home as a business location creates in people.
The most important statistical test used in this research was factor analysis 1, and it was used to extract and analyze the most important factors (motivations) affecting individuals' decisions to start a home-based business.
Demographic Characteristics of the Sample Variable Category Number Percentage Gender Male Female 77 74 51 49 Education Diploma and Below Associate Bachelor Master and Higher 103 18 23 2 68/2 11/9 15/2 1/3 Employment Status Unemployed Employed Self-Employed 115 21 13 76/2 13/9 8/6 Marital Status Single Married 96 49 63/6 32/5 Having a Home-Based Business Yes No 12 137 7/9 90/7 Factor Extraction To extract the main factors influencing individuals' decisions in home-based entrepreneurship, factor analysis and SPSS15 software were used.
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