Leadership and motivation for entrepreneurship development

In this study 200 women entrepreneurs of five different enterprises viz. masala making, food products, pickle, jam and jelly, embroidery and making handy craft from different localities of Nagpur city were selected for interview. On an average leadership behaviour of respondents was rated as low on a scale. Maximum respondents were always interested in learning new things. Leadership behaviour of the respondents was better in the 20 to 25 years aged women entrepreneurs coming from middle income group ( 8939 to 21167 per month). Mean score behaviour was found to be higher in post graduate women entrepreneurs and those earning maximum monthly average profit of more than 3839.