The Role of Saudi Universities in Developing Women's Attitudes toward Spreading a Culture of Social Entrepreneurship

Gehan  Mohamed; Huda  Aldegheiry; Ayman  Galalh

doi:10.35516/hum.v49i6.3695

Authors

Gehan Mohamed Department of Case Work, College of Social Work, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia
Huda Aldegheiry Department of Case Work, College of Social Work, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia
Ayman Galalh Department of Sociology and Social Work, College of Social Sciences, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v49i6.3695

Keywords:

Saudi universities, development attitudes, women, social entrepreneurship

Abstract

The current study aims to activate the role of Saudi universities in developing women's attitudes toward spreading the culture of social entrepreneurship. It relied on the method of the social survey through the stratified random sample of female students in the final levels of Saudi governmental universities in Riyadh, and the sample reached 375 individuals, and the study reached results, the most important of which is that the level of Saudi universities ’role in developing women's attitudes towards spreading the culture of social entrepreneurship is high, Whereas, the level of Saudi universities' role in developing women's attitudes related to the emotional and cognitive component toward spreading the culture of social entrepreneurship is high, while the role of Saudi universities in developing women's attitudes related to the behavioral toward spreading a culture of social entrepreneurship is average. The results also indicate that there is no variance in the study sample's estimates of the role of Saudi universities in developing women's attitudes toward social entrepreneurship.

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