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A research agenda for women and entrepreneurship : identity through aspirations, behaviors, and confidence
Title
A research agenda for women and entrepreneurship : identity through aspirations, behaviors, and confidence / edited by Patricia G. Greene (Paul T. Babson Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies), and Candida G. Brush (Franklin W. Olin Distinguished Chair of Entrepreneurship and Vice Provost of Global Entrepreneurial Leadership, Babson College, US).
ISBN
9781785365379 (e-book)
Publication
Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.
Physical Description
1 online resource (240 pages).
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Includes index.
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Summary
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This book looks at long-studied questions of identity from the perspective of women entrepreneurs, exploring ideas related to entrepreneurial identity for women and their businesses. The editors map out a vision for research on women and entrepreneurship and discuss aspiration, behaviors and confidence as key concepts that shape and enhance a woman's identity in the entrepreneurial process. A global collection of authors who are passionate about identity and women's entrepreneurship bring a variety of theoretical perspectives and quantitative methodologies to the table. Through a common framework of on women business owners and their businesses, they delve into social identity, start-ups, crowdfunding and context to set the groundwork for future research on entrepreneurship and gender. Advanced graduate students and researchers in the field of entrepreneurship will appreciate this focused exploration of a compelling topic, as will doctoral students and scholars of women's issues.
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Elgaronline.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 06, 2018
Series
Elgar research agendas
Contents
Contents: Introduction
1. The ABCs of women's entrepreneurial identity: aspirations, behaviors and confidence / Patricia G. Greene and Candida G. Brush
Part I Aspirations
2. Developing entrepreneurial identity among start-ups' female founders in high-tech: policy implications from the Chilean case / Katherina Kuschel and Juan-Pablo Labra
3. Perception of success of men and women entrepreneurs: a social identity approach / Rachida Justo, Cristina Cruz and Julio O. De Castro
4. Aspirations of women entrepreneurs in poverty: the livelihood entrepreneur / Smita Trivedi
Part II Behaviors
5. On becoming an entrepreneur: unpacking entrepreneurial identity / Eliana Crosina
6. Feminist entrepreneurial identity: reproducing gender through founder decision-making / Barbara Orser and Catherine Elliott
7. Identity and identity work in constructing the woman entrepreneur / Richard T. Harrison and Claire M. Leitch
Part III Confidence
8. Context, cognition and female entrepreneurial intentions: it is all about perceived behavioral control / Malin Brännback, Shahrokh Nikou, Alan L. Carsrud and Diana Hechavarria
9. Motherhood as a springboard for women's entrepreneurial action / Magdalena Markowska
10. Kickstart or jumpstart? : understanding women entrepreneurs' crowdfunding performance / Smita Srivastava, Pyayt P. Oo, Arvin Sahaym and Thomas H. Allison
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