The Comparison of Entrepreneurial Competency in Woman Micro-, Small-, and Medium-scale Entrepreneurs

Women entrepreneurs in Indonesia play an important role in running of micro-, small-, and medium- scale enterprises. They have a large role as a driving force to the Indonesian economy in general and especially for improving the welfare of the family. This research aims at seeing comparison of entrepreneurial competencies in woman entrepreneurs as a series of the major characteristics and skills owned in order to become a successful micro-, small- and medium scale entrepreneurs. This research is designed as a survey that is the type of field studies using the instrument such as questionnaires. The data is analyzed using Non-parametric Statistic Method, that is the Mann-Whitney U-Test. The result of the research provides a description that major characteristics owned by women entrepreneurs cover need of achievement, endurance, and market awareness. Based on the differences in business scale, there are significant characteristic differences in durability (α < 0,01), need of achievement, social orientation, and risk-taking tendencies (α < 0,05). Comparison based on education level only affects need of autonomy (α < 0,05) and the difference lies in the durability of woman entrepreneurs who have a number of different employees (α < 0,05).