Women whose mothers were self-employed are up to 2.69 times more likely than other women to be self-employed themselves, as opposed to being employees or homemakers, but there’s no such effect on women of fathers’ self-employment status, says a team led by Francis J. Greene of the University of Warwick in the UK. The findings suggest that mothers’ attitudes toward work have a direct influence on the entrepreneurial propensities of their daughters and that women who conform to gender stereotypes are less likely to undertake self-employment, the researchers say.
Source: Like Mother, Like Daughter? Analyzing Maternal Influences Upon Women's Entrepreneurial Propensity
