The Influence of Social and Human Capital in Developing Young Women as Entrepreneurial Business Leaders

Abstract

The authors explore the influence of social and human capital in defining the prospects of young women business owners as emerging entrepreneurial leaders. They propose a number of factors that mean many young women seeking to assume an entrepreneurial leadership role in society are insufficiently resourced in terms of their social and human capital. Such deficits have consequences for the effectiveness of their leadership potential and the development of their enterprises.