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No gender disparity in risk-taking<br />
and entrepreneurial behaviour<br />
Entrepreneurship is one of the self-employment avenues that women are highly underrepresented in<br />
across the globe (World Economic Forum, 2017). Comparatively, ALU has a fair gender<br />
representation of students in its entrepreneurial activities. About half of students - both female and<br />
male - are fully comfortable implementing an entrepreneurial idea they are interested in, with 28%<br />
from each gender having already started a club or launched an initiative during their time at ALU.<br />
Students who have not started an initiative or a club state lack of interest as the reason.<br />
Nonetheless, they believe the ALU environment is conducive for and fully supportive of student-led<br />
initiatives.<br />
According to the World Economic Forum (2017), risk adversity is on of the characters that holds<br />
women back from venturing into self-employment. More so, it is said to limit one’s entrepreneurial<br />
venture to less economically productive sectors as compared to male entrepreneurs. At ALU, both<br />
male and female students exhibit a strong risk-taking behavior; with 70.2% of male students and<br />
75.6% of female students associating risk with adventure and opportunity. While this difference is<br />
statistically insignificant, it is notable that female students at ALU are risk-seeking.<br />
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