THE VIEW OF FEMALE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS IN SAUDI ARABIA

Abstract

Social enterprises have exhibited beneficial contribution to the monetary and geopolitical circumstances of a nation. The involvement of women entrepreneurs in social enterprises is currently developing in Saudi Arabia. Thus, this work was carried out to analyze the views of women entrepreneurs in the proliferation and development of social enterprises in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This work was done based on the method of quantitative research. Questionnaire was used to collect data. The questionnaire consisted of nine questions. The sample size of this study is 100 female respondents. The results of this study have shown that most participants have agreed that a social enterprise is a strategy that can solve the community's issues. Furthermore, the results of this study have shown that Saudi women entrepreneurs face difficulties in terms of family problems, social problems, transportation problems, government regulatory problems and other related challenges. In addition, the results of this study showed that the majority of participants were neutral in terms of government assistance for women entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia. On the other hand, results have shown that most women in Saudi Arabia are willing to become entrepreneurs and participate in social enterprises.