Research Catalog

Title

A research agenda for women and entrepreneurship : identity through aspirations, behaviors and confidence / edited by Patricia G. Greene, Candida G. Brush.

Publication

• Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Greene, Patricia G. (Patricia Gene), 1954-
• Brush, Candida G.

Description

xiii, 224 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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."--Back cover.

Series Statement

Elgar research agendas

Uniform Title

Elgar research agendas

Alternative Title

Identity through aspirations, behaviors and confidence

Subject

• Businesswomen
• Businesswomen > Psychology
• Businesswomen > Research
• Entrepreneurship
• Frau
• Identität
• Selbstbewusstsein

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Index.

ISBN

• 9781785365362
• 1785365363
• 9781785365386
• 178536538X
• 9781785365379 (canceled/invalid)
• 1785365371 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2017950449

OCLC

• ocn993648174
• 993648174
• SCSB-8969151

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library