الريادة لاقتصاديات الأعمال
Volume 12, Numéro 1, Pages 601-611
2026-01-21
Does Mentoring Enhance Entrepreneurial Success? Evidence From The Gaza Strip - Palestine
Authors : Mohammed محمد .
Abstract
The literature on entrepreneurial success calls for additional research especially in the Palestinian turbulent environment of the Gaza Strip – Palestine, where studies in this field are limited. It is worth mentioning that successful entrepreneurship encourages economic development, generates employment, and adds new value to society and the Gaza Strip is a case. Based on the insights of the dynamic view of the human capital theory as a main underpinning theory, beside social learning theory as supporting one, this study investigated the impact of mentoring on entrepreneurial success of individual entrepreneurs in the Gaza Strip - Palestine. As the formal statistics for the whole number of entrepreneurs in the Gaza Strip in unknown, the study used the convenience sampling what was encouraged also due to the intent to use Smart-PLS (4.0) for analysis. Data of the study were collected from all places of existence of entrepreneurs in the Gaza Strip using structured survey questionnaires. Testing the data obtained from a sample of 384 respondents, then hypothesis was analyzed. The study found that mentoring positively influence entrepreneurial success. The study supported human capital theory and social learning theory, emphasizing impact of mentoring on entrepreneurial success. The study provides valuable insights for Palestinian entrepreneurial institutions, entrepreneurs, and policymakers to better understand the impact of mentoring in challenging environments like the Gaza Strip. It highlighted actionable strategies for promoting entrepreneurial success through mentoring, even amid resource limitations exacerbated by the ongoing Israeli occupation.
Keywords
entrepreneurial success ; mentoring ; Gaza Strip ; Palestine
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