%0 Journal Article
	%A Magdalena Meusburger and  Caroline Maria Hofer
	%D 2023
	%J International Journal of Social and Business Sciences
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 202, 2023
	%T Fear-Of-Failure and Women Entrepreneurship: Comparative Analysis Austria versus USA
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10013292
	%V 202
	%X The advancement of women entrepreneurship in the last decade has been a vital driver for social and economic development. Despite the positive evolution, women entrepreneurs are still underrepresented in entrepreneurial ecosystems. Fear-of-failure is a major factor inhibiting their entrepreneurial activity. This survey-based research focused on aspiring and established entrepreneurial women in Austria and in the USA. It explored and compared the extent to which entrepreneurial fear-of-failure influences their self-employment and their aspirations to become self-employed. The results demonstrate that entrepreneurial fear-of-failure is significantly higher for women with the wish for self-employment than it is for women who are already self-employed. In terms of the geographical and cultural setting no major differences were confirmed. 
	%P 637 - 641