Entrepreneurial Networks in the Micro-Business Sector: Examining Differences Across Gender and Business Stage

Doyle, Wendy; Young, Jeffrey D.

doi:10.1080/08276331.2001.10593297

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“…Hara (2001) has also argued for the development of communities of practice to blend the formal and informal learning of professionals. Other strategies include formal and informal networking (Doyle and Young, 2001), mentoring (Cofer, 2000; Coyle and Ellinger, 2001; Darwin, 2000), and seeking information from co‐workers (Hara, 2001; Lohman et al , 1996), application of past learning and experience (Coyle and Ellinger, 2001; Cseh, 1999), and intuition (Coyle and Ellinger, 2001). Reading (Cseh, 1999; Fenwick and Hutton, 2000) and field trips (Cseh, 1999) and research (Cseh, 1999; Sawchuk, 2001) are other strategies used along with informal trial and error (Coyle and Ellinger, 2001; Fenwick and Hutton, 2000; Raffo et al , 2000).…”

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Canadian accountants: examining workplace learning

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Journal of Workplace Learning

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PurposeThis paper seeks to examine workplace learning strategies, learning facilitators and learning barriers of public accountants in Canada across three professional levels – trainees, managers, and partners.Design/methodology/approachVolunteer participants from public accounting firms in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick completed a demographic survey, a learning activities survey, a learning barriers survey, and a learning facilitators survey. Quantitative analysis provided total scores for key variables and compared these across the three levels.FindingsThe paper finds that accountants across different levels use a variety of formal and informal learning strategies, although informal strategies predominate. Accountants encounter numerous facilitators and barriers. There are variations in strategies, barriers and facilitators based on professional level; for example, trainees make more use of e‐learning than do either managers or partners.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research could focus on the efficacy of accountants' formal and informal learning strategies as well as how e‐learning can be appropriately managed and utilized.Practical implicationsAllocation of work and relationships with people are important to the learning process and should be considered in work assignments. One implication is to encourage informal learning and provide appropriate learning activities and feedback so that informal learning is maximized. There could also be more emphasis placed on assisting partners and managers in developing their roles as coaches and mentors.Originality/valueThe paper provides information on workplace learning for an understudied group of professionals in a Canadian context.

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Canadian accountants: examining workplace learning

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“…Ces réseaux peuvent s'avérer utiles pour recruter de bons employés, obtenir des conseils, saisir de nouvelles occasions d'affaires ou dénicher des partenaires commerciaux (Baines et Wheelock, 1998). Par ailleurs, Åndersson et Evensson (2000) 11 ainsi que Doyle et Young (2001) arrivent à la conclusion que de bons réseaux personnels ont un impact positif sur le plan de la création d'une entreprise. De même, Mankelow et al (2002) ont montré que les réseaux informels de divers types avaient une influence sur les femmes entrepreneures : non seulement ils fournissent un soutien moral constant et de l'encouragement lors des phases de démarrage et de croissance de leur entreprise, mais ils apportent également de l'information ainsi que diverses sources de financement (Veltz, 2002).…”

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Un regard critique sur l'entrepreneuriat féminin : une synthèse des études des 25 dernières années

Carrier

Julien

Menvielle

2006

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Résumé Au cours des dernières années, plusieurs chercheurs se sont intéressés à l’entrepreneuriat féminin, principalement en tentant de comparer la situation des femmes avec celle des hommes. On a essayé, entre autres, de les distinguer sur les plans des motivations, du style de gestion, de la performance de leurs entreprises, des besoins de formation, de l’accès au financement, de la conciliation travail-famille et de leur participation à des réseaux d’affaires. La présente recherche propose une synthèse de ces études et fait ressortir tant leurs limites que les perspectives qu’elles ouvrent. Les résultats indiquent que peu de différences significatives engendrant une situation favorable ou défavorable à l’entrepreneure peuvent être véritablement démontrées et qu’il s’avère plus approprié de jeter un regard différent sur la question, notamment en s’intéressant à la femme entrepreneure dans son unicité.

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“…We found that the entries in Dr. Young's CV told us something about the way he was involved in the ASB. It was interesting to see that two of Dr. Young's journal publications (Doucette, Kelleher, Murphy, Reid, & Young, ; Doyle & Young, ) have the same coauthors, and very similar titles, and were papers that had been presented at ASB (Doyle & Young, ; Young et al, ). Was he (with his coauthors) using ASB as a testing ground for preliminary research findings?…”

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Organizing a precarious black box: An actor‐network account of the Atlantic Schools of Business, 1980–2006

MacNeil

Mills²

2015

Can J Adm Sci

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There is a growing use of actor-network theory (ANT) throughout management and organization studies. While earlier ANT research used ethnography to "follow the actors" in the production of organization/knowledge, more recent studies use archival sources to examine developments over time. We extend the latter approach using qualitative social network analysis (SNA) and apply this to a case study of the Atlantic Schools of Business (ASB). Our contribution is two-fold: first, through an examination of actors in the ASB networking processes over 26 years, we demonstrate how the seemingly stable surface of an organization can hide the precariousness of organizing; second, we reveal the potential fusion of ANT with SNA as a method for dealing with large qualitative datasets over long periods of time.

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Entrepreneurial Networks in the Micro-Business Sector: Examining Differences Across Gender and Business Stage

Cited by 11 publications

References 8 publications

Canadian accountants: examining workplace learning

Canadian accountants: examining workplace learning

Un regard critique sur l'entrepreneuriat féminin : une synthèse des études des 25 dernières années

Organizing a precarious black box: An actor‐network account of the Atlantic Schools of Business, 1980–2006

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