| This research study is exploratory in nature and is used to understand a phenomenon involving agents of economic, social, cultural and Industrial and Organizational (I-O) psychological change. This study consisted of first hand in-depth, face-to-face, open-ended interviews of 10 black female entrepreneurs mediated through the rich descriptions of their experiences as successful entrepreneurs. These interviews allowed participants to fully talk (Carter, 2002) in their own words about their experience without ambivalence, fear, bias or any predetermined preconceptions. As a generic qualitative psychological study, the focus of the study was using qualitative research to formulate knowledge out of subjective engagement with successful black female entrepreneurs. By relying on the expressions, the worldview descriptions and the insightful thoughts of these participants, this research allowed for psychological interpretation and meanings expressed versus focusing on the mere culture of the participants. The thematic findings from this kind of research study addressed voids in the research on the psychology and human work experience of this kind of individual. |
