Women-owned businesses represent a significant segment of the contemporary economy upon a global basis. However, women entrepreneurs still experience more obstacles than men depending on cultural context; for example, research on the Arab world concerning the interaction between women entrepreneurs and their families remains under-developed. Consequently, we ground our study upon an enhanced framework of agency theory, which includes family altruism. We examined the relationships between business-family interface (BFI) enrichment components and the performance of firms headed by female entrepreneurs women in Jordan and Sudan. Specifically, we investigated if and how the country level of political and social stability moderates these relationships. The findings suggest that the relationship between the family-related objective factor (family financial support) and the performance of firms headed by female entrepreneurs is not affected by the country’s political and social stability context. Conversely, the family-related subjective factor (family moral support) is affected by this context. Our study bridges the gap in contextual studies on the Arab world concerning the success of women-owned businesses and confirms how institutional elements affect business in addition to family-related matters. Implications for future research and public policy are discussed.

在全球范围内，女性拥有的企业代表了当代经济的重要组成部分。然而，取决于文化背景，女企业家仍然比男性遇到更多障碍；例如，关于阿拉伯世界关于女企业家与其家庭之间互动的研究仍然不发达。因此，我们的研究基于增强的代理理论框架，其中包括家庭利他主义。我们研究了商业-家庭界面 (BFI) 丰富成分与约旦和苏丹由女性企业家领导的公司业绩之间的关系。具体而言，我们调查了国家的政治和社会稳定水平是否以及如何调节这些关系。研究结果表明，家庭相关的客观因素（家庭经济支持）与女企业家领导的公司业绩之间的关系不受国家政治和社会稳定背景的影响。反之，家庭相关的主观因素（家庭道德支持）则受此语境影响。我们的研究弥补了阿拉伯世界关于女性拥有的企业成功的背景研究中的差距，并确认了制度因素如何影响企业以及家庭相关事务。讨论了对未来研究和公共政策的影响。与家庭相关的主观因素（家庭道德支持）受此背景影响。我们的研究弥补了阿拉伯世界关于女性拥有的企业成功的背景研究中的差距，并确认了制度因素如何影响企业以及家庭相关事务。讨论了对未来研究和公共政策的影响。与家庭相关的主观因素（家庭道德支持）受此背景影响。我们的研究弥补了阿拉伯世界关于女性拥有的企业成功的背景研究中的差距，并确认了制度因素如何影响企业以及家庭相关事务。讨论了对未来研究和公共政策的影响。