Life Strategies of Women Business Owners in Tajikistan
https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2025-18-2-482-498
Abstract
The article presents the results of a comparative analysis of life strategies for Tajik women entrepreneurs and employees. The study was attended by 59 respondents who are young Muslim women of Tajikistan involved in working and leading their own business between the ages from 18 to 35 years. The average age of respondents is 25 years. The analysis of the results of the study confi rmed our hypothesis that there are differences in the choice of life strategies by the women engaged in entrepreneurial activities and the working one: the women engaged in entrepreneurial activity demonstrate a higher orientation on the “the strategy for life success”. The study also revealed that the “the strategy for the desire for life well-being” is more pronounced among the working women. This indicates that the objective conditions of the activity of small and medium-sized entrepreneurs in Tajikistan, where there are the limited resources, high level of competition and the need for a constant search for decisions, which often force them to sacrifice comfort for the professional goals.
About the Author
I. A. Kerimova
Moscow Pedagogical State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Izumrud A. Kerimova, Psychologist, Cand. Sci. (Psychology), Associate Professor
Moscow
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Kerimova I.A. Life Strategies of Women Business Owners in Tajikistan. Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2025;18(2):482-498. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2025-18-2-482-498
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