Who's the boss? Explaining gender inequality in entrepreneurial teams

T Yang, HE Aldrich - American Sociological Review, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Sociologists have examined gender inequalities across a wide array of social contexts. Yet,
questions remain regarding how inequalities arise among autonomous groups pursuing …

Forced to play by the rules? Theorizing how mixed–sex founding teams benefit women entrepreneurs in male–dominated contexts

LN Godwin, CE Stevens… - … Theory and practice, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
We examine how establishing a mixed–sex entrepreneurial founding team may benefit
women entrepreneurs in male–dominated cultures and industries. We contend that as a …

Gendered paths: Why women lag behind men in small business success

K Loscocco, SR Bird - Work and occupations, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The promise of small business ownership as a route to equality has yet to be realized. The
authors draw from social construction perspectives and a detailed data set to model directly …

Culture and gender in entrepreneurial teams: the effect on team processes and outcomes

SC Santos, X Neumeyer - Small Business Economics, 2022 - Springer
This study examines the role of culture in the interplay between female participation in
entrepreneurial teams, team processes, and outcomes using stereotype activation, social …

Female entrepreneurs, work–family conflict, and venture performance: New insights into the work–family interface

LM Shelton - Journal of small business management, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Existing theory is extended to predict the effectiveness of strategies for structurally reducing
work–family conflict by manipulating roles, given the salience of work and family roles and …

Business as plan B: Institutional foundations of gender inequality in entrepreneurship across 24 industrialized countries

S Thébaud - Administrative science quarterly, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This article develops and empirically evaluates an institutional theory of gender inequalities
in business start-up, ownership, and growth orientation. I argue that in contexts in which …

Gender, work-family linkages, and economic success among small business owners

KA Loscocco, KT Leicht - Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1993 - JSTOR
This study investigates work-family connections and economic success among women and
men small business owners. We use what we term gender similarity and gender difference …

Disentangling succession and entrepreneurship gender gaps: gender norms, culture, and family

M Feldmann, M Lukes, L Uhlaner - Small Business Economics, 2022 - Springer
This study adapts a multi-level view of culture, including society-and family-based gender
norms and the family embeddedness perspective, to predict the career status of a sample of …

The gender gap in entrepreneurship–The role of peer effects

S Markussen, K Røed - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017 - Elsevier
In virtually all industrialized countries, women are underrepresented in entrepreneurship,
and the gender gap exhibits a remarkable persistence. We examine one particular source of …

Unequal entrepreneurs: Why female enterprise is an uphill business

E Shaw, SL Carter, J Brierton - 2001 - strathprints.strath.ac.uk
The report indicates that women business-owners are younger on average than male
entrepreneurs-43% are under 44 compared to 30% of men. Compared to their male …