Media Discourse in Entrepreneurship Research

Achtenhagen, Leona; Welter, Friederike

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“…In textbooks or teaching cases in business this is still very typical; the main protagonist is still normally a man, and women are, if at all present, in secondary and supportive roles (Achtenhagen & Welter, 2005;Baker, et al, 1997;Jones, 2009). …”

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“…In effect, the defining characteristics of the entrepreneur are also those which define masculinity and so, unsurprisingly, men dominate as high profile entrepreneurial role models (Ahl, 2006;Marlow, Henry, & Carter, 2009). Consequently, women have not featured within the mindset or image of what an entrepreneur is or should be (Achtenhagen & Welter, 2005;Baker, Aldrich, & Liou, 1997). Such gender bias is of critical importance not only as a social injustice but, given the current focus upon individualised attainment within an entrepreneuring epoch, women are positioned in deficit unless they acknowledge and subscribe to a masculinised discourse.…”

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Exploring the dynamics of gender, feminism and entrepreneurship: advancing debate to escape a dead end?

2012

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Contrary to the neo-liberal thesis that entrepreneuring is an open and accessible endeavour where personal effort alone determines reward and status, it has been demonstrated that there is a persistent, but occluded, gender bias within the entrepreneurial discourse. Accordingly, women are positioned as lacking and incomplete men; however, despite calls to employ feminist theory as an analytical frame to demonstrate the reproduction of such subordination, there is scant evidence this has emerged. Within this article however, we respond to this call by demonstrating how post structural feminist analysis reveals the gendered assumptions informing entrepreneurship theory and so, embed prevailing hetero-normative assumptions. These assumptions limit the epistemological scope of contemporary research which positions women as failed or reluctant entrepreneurial subjects; as such, in the absence of feminist theorising these analyses remain descriptive rather than explanatory. Accordingly, the current entrepreneurial research agenda is in danger of reaching an epistemological dead end in the absence of a reflexive critical perspective to inform the idea of who can be and what might be an entrepreneur. Finally, we draw upon these arguments to reflect upon current approaches to theorising within the broader field of entrepreneurial enquiry.

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“…Discourse analysis by feminist discursive theorists illuminate how the discussion of entrepreneurship assumes the masculine ideal type, as it is based on the male mentality, experience, imagery, and perceptual lens (Achtenhagen and Welter, 2007;De Bruin et al, 2006;Bruni et al, 2004). Importantly, these scholars turn the lens back on the researcher and discipline, noting how the very research practices we engage in, even if intending to close the gender gap, may end up perpetuating the dominant masculine model by reproducing social reality (Ahl, 2002(Ahl, , 2006.…”

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A Gender integrative conceptualization of entrepreneurship

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Özkazanç‐Pan²

2015

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

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Guided by feminist perspectives, we critique existing approaches to the study of womenʼs entrepreneurship on epistemological grounds and suggest that the entrepreneurship field needs to recognize gendered assumptions in theorizing. Deploying a feminist framework, we suggest that understanding the “gender gap” in entrepreneurship requires focus on institutional and structural barriers women entrepreneurs face. Existing studies of women entrepreneurs often compare women with men without considering how gender and gender relations impact the very concepts and ideas of entrepreneurship. We propose, therefore, a conceptualization of entrepreneurship that illuminates gender bias and calls attention to the interrelated individual, institutional, and structural barriers in the entrepreneurial process that arrive out of societal and cultural gender norms. Through praxis or engaged practice, we redirect scholarship in the entrepreneurship field, while proposing ways that can promote gender equality in entrepreneurial activities. In all, our gender integrative conceptualization of entrepreneurship contributes to the entrepreneurship field by recognizing and addressing a more expansive realm of influential factors within the entrepreneurial ecosystem that have previously been researched separately.

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“…Collective forms of discourse are viewed as the product of many mutual interactions [5]. Through discourse individual beliefs, practices, and knowledge can construct integrity and offer a way of sharing understanding of the existing world [5].Achtenhagen and Welter [1]constructed three stages of the discourse analysis: to analyze a wide range of discourse to find out the general discourse patterns andthe hidden data; to analyze the cross-leveled discourse focused on the primary and secondary discourse topics and the conveyed images through language; and to connect discourse and context, and to analyze the relationship between the subjective and objective data. In this discourse analysis, the mission is to explore the relationship between discourse and reality.…”

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“…It also provides a hierarchical system andcontextual meaningsof personal experiences [1]. Collective forms of discourse are viewed as the product of many mutual interactions [5].…”

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Game Design Learning-Developing A Mobile Game

Chung

2013

Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Multimedia Technology(ICMT-13)

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Abstract.In the digital multimedia curriculum, the practical project of creative productions isassumed to be the learning attainment in the process of integrating and applying of learning. This research adopted studio-based pedagogy to establish a project group of fourmembers and a mentoring teacher. They usedFacebook to create a discussion group and made it the major communication channel. Based on the discourse analysis, this research focused on the case study of the interactive e-portfolio for three consecutive semesters. Thispractical project of creative productions provided the experience of game design and social actionsto the students, and was devised to comprehend different stages of the social interaction and creativity. The results of this research will be the reference of teaching plans forfuture curriculum design.

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Media Discourse in Entrepreneurship Research

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Exploring the dynamics of gender, feminism and entrepreneurship: advancing debate to escape a dead end?

Exploring the dynamics of gender, feminism and entrepreneurship: advancing debate to escape a dead end?

A Gender integrative conceptualization of entrepreneurship

Game Design Learning-Developing A Mobile Game

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