Jurnal Bisnis dan Kewirausahaan (Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship)
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2018): JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (November 2018 Edition)

HOW DO MOMPRENEURS ACHIEVE WORK-LIFE BALANCE? (EVIDENCE FROM SMALL BUSINESS IN TANGERANG, INDONESIA)

Wijaya, Lindawati (Unknown)
Layman, Chrisanty Victoria (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Nov 2018

Abstract

Many housewives have started their own businesses, specifically in the micro sector in Indonesia, making them “mompreneurs.” A phenomenon observed from these mompreneurs is the struggle between their role as an entrepreneur and a housewife, which often creates conflict in the household. Interest arose in studies regarding problems and strategies carried out by mompreneurs to overcome such imbalance. Therefore, this study uses qualitative method, by looking into four mompreneur cases, to discover the realities of work-life balance of mompreneurs in Indonesia. The study uses NVIVO software to process and analyze information given from mompreneurs. Results of this study shows that the most problem faced by mompreneurs is family dependent care and time management. In addition, the strategy that is widely used by mompreneurs is delegation of tasks and building family relationships. The study seeks to contribute in raising awareness about mompreneurs’ life and their pursuit in achieving work-life balance. In addition, the results of the study further contributes in building the theories for mompreneurs business model in Indonesia.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JOBE

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Environmental Science Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

The Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship (JoB&E) is the official journal of the Faculty of Business, Sampoerna University, with a frequency of publishing two times per year, in May and November. JoB&E is a double blind peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of original papers. We ...