The Influence of Social and Human Capital in Developing Young Women as Entrepreneurial Business Leaders

McGowan, Pauric; Cooper, Sarah; Durkin, Mark; O'Kane, Caroline

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12176

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“…Social capital is an important element for new venture creation (Debrulle et al 2014) and startup growths (Pirolo and Presutti 2010). Studies found social capital enhancing and incubating entrepreneurship, business growth in microentrepreneurs and small enterprises (Kickul et al 2007;Cruickshank and Rolland 2006;Honig and Karlsson 2010;McGowan et al 2015;Roomi 2013). Social capital played an important role in the entrepreneurial process for accessing tangible and intangible resources (Ferri et al 2009).…”

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Trust, Social Capital, and Intermediation Roles in Microfinance and Microenterprise Development

Panda

2016

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This study examines the role of trust and intermediation functions in microfinance and microenterprise development. Fifteen Self-help Groups (SHGs) were selected from three different locations in India for Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and in-depth personal discussions. The peer trust was found higher than the intermediation trust during the microfinance group formation as well as group operations. The level of intermediation trust was higher than the peer trust during microenterprise development. The entry level trust was cognitive in nature, and transformed to 'affective peer trust' and 'affective intermediation trust' at the operational level. Trust was found to be the causality of social capital in SHGs. Intermediation trust was higher for early adopters of entrepreneurship than that of the late adopters. In case of microentrepreneur, the cognitive intermediation trust was transformed to affective intermediation trust with the passage of time.Résumé Cette étude examine le rôle de la confiance et des fonctions d'intermédiation dans le développement du microfinancement et des microentreprises. Quinze groupes d'entraide ont été sélectionnés dans trois endroits différents d'Inde pour des discussions de groupe ciblées et des discussions personnelles approfondies. Il a été constaté que la confiance entre homologues était supérieure à la confiance d'intermédiation au cours de la formation du groupe de microfinance et les opérations de groupe. Le niveau de la confiance d'intermédiation était supérieur à la confiance entre homologues au cours du développement des microentreprises. La confiance de départ était de nature cognitive et était transformée en « confiance affective entre homologues » et en « confiance d'intermédiation affective » au niveau opérationnel. Il a été constaté que la confiance était la causalité du capital social dans les groupes d'entraide. La confiance d'intermédiation était supérieure pour les adopteurs précoces de l'entrepreneuriat à celle des adopteurs tardifs. Dans le cas du microentrepreneur, la confiance d'intermédiation cognitive était transformée en confiance d'intermédiation affective avec le temps.Zusammenfassung Diese Studie untersucht die Rolle von Vertrauens-und Vermittlungsfunktionen bei der Entwicklung der Mikrofinanzierung und von Mikrounternehmen. Es wurden 15 Selbsthilfegruppen aus drei verschiedenen Orten in Indien für Fokusgruppendiskussionen und ausführliche persönliche Gespräche ausgewählt. Man stellte fest, dass das Peer-Vertrauen bei der Gründung der Mikrofinanzgruppe sowie den Gruppentätigkeiten größer war als das Vermittlungsvertrauen. Während der Entwicklung des Mikrounternehmens war das Vermittlungsvertrauen größer als das Peer-Vertrauen. Das Vertrauen auf der Einstiegsstufe war kognitiver Art und wandelte sich auf der betrieblichen Ebene in ,,affektives Peer-Vertrauen''und ,,affektives Vermittlungsvertrauen''. In den Selbsthilfegruppen erwies sich das Vertrauen als die Kausalität des sozialen Kapitals. Das Vermittlungsvertrauen war bei frühen Teilnehmern der Unterneh...

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Trust, Social Capital, and Intermediation Roles in Microfinance and Microenterprise Development

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2016

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“…The literature also ignores the variety of networking activities and needs that exist. For example, McGowan et al (2015) observe that young female entrepreneurs are frustrated with existing networks, as they do not accommodate their needs. Furthermore, the similarities between men and women's networking activities (e.g.…”

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Female Entrepreneurship and the Metanarrative of Economic Growth: A Critical Review of Underlying Assumptions

Dean

Larsen

Ford

et al. 2017

Int J Management Reviews

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This critical review of the literature on female entrepreneurship problematizes the metanarrative of economic growth and the mechanisms through which it both operates and is maintained. Central to this is the axiomatic ‘underperformance hypothesis’, which states that ‘all else being equal, female entrepreneurs tend to be less successful than their male counterparts in terms of conventional economic performance measures’ (Du Rietz and Henrekson (2000, p. 1). As an axiom, the truth of the ‘underperformance hypothesis’ is taken for granted, and thus it invisibly serves as a starting point, delimiter and interpretive lens for analysis in this field. While it remains invisible, the hypothesis will continue to reproduce the differences between male and female entrepreneurs, and thus the subordination of women to men in the realm of entrepreneurship. The review illustrates how, by associating females with underperformance, the persistent influence of the metanarrative of economic growth has been masked and the image of the female entrepreneur as problematic and inferior to her male counterpart has been reinforced. The authors argue that a postmodern feminist epistemology will destabilize both the metanarrative of economic growth, and the axiomatic ‘underperformance hypothesis’ it supports, thus opening up space for a heterogeneous understanding of (female) entrepreneurship. By questioning accepted knowledge about female entrepreneurs, the review sets the platform for the exploration of new research questions and a broad agenda for future research. Such an agenda is crucial in order to move future research beyond the pervasive influence of the metanarrative of economic growth and its attendant underperformance hypothesis.

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“…These include claims that the gender gap in venture creation is associated with gender differences in social networks (Brush, Kelley, Litovsky, & Green, ; Klyver & Grant, ) and in the different ways men and women possess entrepreneurial social capital (Shaw, Marlow, Lam, & Carter, ). Others outline specific ways of networking that women find conducive to growing their businesses (Bogren, von Friedrichs, Rennemo, & Widding, ) and outline ways women should network to develop entrepreneurial capacity (McGowan, Cooper, Durkin, & O'Kane, ). Further, research in this stream suggests that women working in gender non‐traditional fields, such as technology, have reduced social capital (Sappleton, ), which may lead to their marginalization from ‘information, influence, and solidarity benefits’ and thus, suppress entrepreneurship (Light & Dana, , pp.…”

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Networking towards (in)equality: Women entrepreneurs in technology

Özkazanç‐Pan

Muntean²

2018

Gender Work & Organization

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Deploying a multidimensional framework focusing on individual, organizational and societal factors, we investigate gendering practices through which women entrepreneurs become disadvantaged in the technology sector. Through qualitative fieldwork, we focus on women entrepreneurs' experiences networking to access valuable entrepreneurial resources and examine the role of technology incubators and accelerators in facilitating this access. These organizations have the potential to mitigate gender inequities by adopting gender‐aware practices such as increasing access to networks and resources that might otherwise be unreachable for women technology entrepreneurs. Focusing simultaneously on the complex intersections of networking, organizational practices at incubators and accelerators, and institutionalized gender norms in society, we outline how different gendering practices work separately and in tandem to marginalize women technology entrepreneurs. We observe that these organizations engage in ‘gender neutral’ recruitment practices and promote transactional networking which result in the replication rather than eradication of gender inequality. Moreover, organizational attempts to address ‘gender issues’ as they relate to technology entrepreneurs re‐inscribe rather than disrupt societal gender norms. Our research offers new insights for understanding the interrelated individual, organizational and societal factors contributing to gender inequality in technology entrepreneurship and provokes discussion on the possibilities for social change.

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The Influence of Social and Human Capital in Developing Young Women as Entrepreneurial Business Leaders

Cited by 102 publications

References 56 publications

Trust, Social Capital, and Intermediation Roles in Microfinance and Microenterprise Development

Trust, Social Capital, and Intermediation Roles in Microfinance and Microenterprise Development

Female Entrepreneurship and the Metanarrative of Economic Growth: A Critical Review of Underlying Assumptions

Networking towards (in)equality: Women entrepreneurs in technology

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