Feminist perspectives on social entrepreneurship: critique and new directions

Muntean, Susan Clark; Özkazanç‐Pan, Banu

doi:10.1108/ijge-10-2014-0034

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“…For example, Muntean and Ozkazanc-Pan ( 2016 ) suggested that social enterprises can help foster reconciliation policies, such as flexible time or parental leave, which act as a motivating factor, encouraging women's career advancement.…”

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Women Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review to Outline the Boundaries of Scientific Literature

2020

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In recent years, the study of women entrepreneurship has experienced great growth, gaining a broad consensus among academics and contributing above all to understanding all those factors that explain the difficulty of women in undertaking an entrepreneurial career. This document tries to contribute to the field of study, thanks to a systematic analysis through the publications present in the topic. For this purpose, 2,848 peer-reviewed articles were analyzed, published between 1950 and 2019, using the Scopus database (SCImago Research Group). Through the use of a series of bibliometric indicators it was possible to define the current state of research on the international scene. The analysis revealed that it is a multidisciplinary field of study and that has started to expand further since 2006, culminating in 2019, which makes it become a current and valid object of study. The analysis of the clusters allowed to isolate 6 different lines of research in which emerged, on the one hand, the importance of entrepreneurial education, social entrepreneurship and the socio-cultural context of reference (e.g., culture, family, and institutional support) as tools to overcome the gender gap, on the other, the importance that women entrepreneurship assumes in the economic growth of the country (especially in developing economies), promoting social inclusion and combating poverty and discrimination. The study presents an important contribution to reflect on current policies and to outline future lines of investigation.

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Women Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review to Outline the Boundaries of Scientific Literature

2020

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“…This is notable given that women are disproportionately engaged in nonprofit and social enterprises. Muntean and Ozkazanc‐Pan () point out that an over‐identification of women with social entrepreneurship poses the risk of reinforcing their role as “other” while suggesting that they are not capable of launching for‐profit growth‐oriented ventures. Thus, a singular policy focus on for‐profit ventures or on social entrepreneurship for women reaffirms the position of women entrepreneurs as “other” and assumes that other modalities of enterprise are neither valued nor growth‐oriented (Baker and Welter, ; Welter et al, ).…”

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Policy Support for Women Entrepreneurs’ Access to Financial Capital: Evidence from Canada, Germany, Ireland, Norway, and the United States

Coleman

Henry

Orser

et al. 2019

Journal of Small Business Management

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This cross-country study documents policies and practices designed to increase women entrepreneurs' access to financial capital in Canada, Germany, Ireland, Norway, and the United States. Drawing on feminist theory, we examine assumptions of policy alongside the eligibility criteria, rules and regulations of practices. Our findings reveal that four of the five country policies examined were predicated on a neo-liberal perspective that positions women entrepreneurs as economic assets. We offer insights into opportunities for modernizing policies and practices in ways that will enhance the legitimacy of a more diverse array of women entrepreneurs and increase their access to financial capital.

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“…We view gender as a social structure that influences values and action "indirectly by shaping actors' perceptions of their interests and directly by constraining choice" (Risman, 2004, p. 432). Popular descriptions of social entrepreneurs evoke gendered descriptions that blend stereotypically masculine (entrepreneur) and feminine (social) traits (Clark Muntean and Ozkazanc-Pan, 2016). Gender is therefore a contextual factor that affects values and action at the individual, organisational and institutional levels.…”

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Values and women-led social entrepreneurship

Borquist

Bruin

2019

IJGE

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Purpose This paper aims to identify and categorise the values expressed in women-led social entrepreneurship based on a typology of universal values. It explores the influence of gender and religious faith on the values that inspire social entrepreneurial organisations to engage in positive social change. Design/methodology/approach Inductive multiple case study research investigates the values manifest in five social entrepreneurial organisations founded and led by women in three Southeast Asian countries. Findings Organisations and their women-leaders express values related to benevolence, universalism, self-direction and security. Gender and religious faith are found to be mediators that influence approaches to social transformation. Research limitations/implications Purposive sampling and interpretive research design favour rich description but limit the generalisability of the findings. Further enquiry is needed into the gender-values-religion nexus in social entrepreneurship. Practical implications Social entrepreneurship is shown to be a process embedded in and motivated by prosocial values of benevolence and social justice and other values of self-direction and security. Findings provide evidence for the critical but often overlooked influence of gender and religious faith on the values foundation of social entrepreneurship. Social implications Social entrepreneurial organisations led by women contribute to positive social change through the values they incorporate and express. Originality/value Research on the link between gender, values and religious faith in social entrepreneurship is virtually non-existent.

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Feminist perspectives on social entrepreneurship: critique and new directions

Cited by 56 publications

References 79 publications

Women Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review to Outline the Boundaries of Scientific Literature

Women Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review to Outline the Boundaries of Scientific Literature

Policy Support for Women Entrepreneurs’ Access to Financial Capital: Evidence from Canada, Germany, Ireland, Norway, and the United States

Values and women-led social entrepreneurship

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