Unveiled confidence: Exploring how institutional support enhances the entrepreneurial self-efficacy and performance of female entrepreneurs in constrained contexts

Simarasl, Nastaran; Tabesh, Pooya; Munyon, Timothy P.; Marzban, Zahra

doi:10.1016/j.emj.2022.07.003

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“…The welcome expansion of the gender and entrepreneurship literature in studies focused on non-Western contexts offers insights into the complexities of how women engage in entrepreneurship, and the deep-rooted influence of formal institutional structures and informal social practices in shaping women's entrepreneurship (e.g. Adikaram and Razik, 2022; Jaim, 2021; Simarasl et al ., 2022a, 2022b). In our work, we ally with such studies to understand how women perform entrepreneurship in a context so heavily marked by patriarchal subordination.…”

Section: Gender and Entrepreneurship: A Critical Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding women's performance of entrepreneurship in the Sri Lankan context

Peiris,

Tatli,

Ozturk

2023

IJGE

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PurposeThe aim of this study is to explore how women in Sri Lanka cultivate entrepreneurial personae to navigate the various gendered roles they situationally enact, as they attempt to secure legitimacy and acceptance and overcome their otherness. Drawing on Goffman's theorisation of symbolic interaction, this study investigates how gender informs the performance of entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka. In this way, the study engages with the challenges women in the Global South navigate while undertaking entrepreneurship, and it contributes to the critical entrepreneurship literature on the intertwined nature of gender and entrepreneurship.Design/methodology/approachFollowing feminist standpoint epistemology (FSE), this qualitative study focuses on women entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka by examining the performance of entrepreneurship through 44 life history interviews (LHIs) and 40 Field Observations conducted over a seven-month period.FindingsThe findings reveal that women carefully cultivate entrepreneurial personae by striking a balance between entrepreneurial ideals and patriarchal social expectations around womanhood. The findings of the study present how the entrepreneurial personae are constructed by way of appearance, mannerism and setting, which presents opportunities for future research to explore the dramaturgical aspect of gender and entrepreneurship.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the growing body of feminist research surrounding women entrepreneurs, by drawing on insights from the lived experiences of women entrepreneurs in the Global South. This study also expands Goffman's theorisation of audience segregation and shows that a subject's understanding of the audience shapes their personae. A further contribution of this research is how space becomes an extension of the personae at play.

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Section: Gender and Entrepreneurship: A Critical Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding women's performance of entrepreneurship in the Sri Lankan context

Peiris,

Tatli,

Ozturk

2023

IJGE

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“…Markets operating from positions of unfairness regarding legal rights, trade restrictions, or capital accessibility are referred to as constrained environments (Moulick, Pidduck & Busenitz, 2019). For instance, women entrepreneurs in developing nations may have more societal and legal constraints and have less access to resources than their male counterparts (Chamlou et al, 2008;Simarasl et al, 2022;Soleimani & Kiaee, 2020). In addition, women entrepreneurs still have concerns and difficulties in running their businesses because of family obligations, societal pressure, a lack of self-confidence, and low self-efficacy (Arvind & Ranjith, 2023).…”

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confidence: 99%

Entrepreneurial Coaching for the Development of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy in Women Entrepreneurs

Molema,

Hlatshwayo,

Ebewo

2024

ijebd

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Purpose: This study explored entrepreneurial coaching to develop women entrepreneurs by enhancing their entrepreneurial self-efficacy. It sought to understand how entrepreneurial self-efficacy in women entrepreneurs can be developed through entrepreneurial coaching. Design/methodology/approach: This study's methodology was a descriptive literature review.Findings: The findings showed that entrepreneurial coaching is a development intervention that can be used to enhance the entrepreneurial self-efficacy beliefs of women entrepreneurs, thereby increasing their chances of engaging in successful business creation and operation.Research limitations/implications: Entrepreneurial coaching for women entrepreneurs as a research field is still in its developmental stage, as such, there are limited sources of literature. Practical implications: The study contributes to the overall discourse on entrepreneurial coaching as a supportive intervention in enhancing entrepreneurial self-efficacy for women entrepreneurs. Originality/value: The combination of entrepreneurial coaching, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and the development of women entrepreneurs is still emerging.

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“…Research on the intersection of gender and entrepreneurship across different contexts has attracted considerable scholarly attention in the past few decades (Neergaard and Thrane, 2011; Ng et al , 2022; Simarasl et al , 2022). We are delighted that the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship (IJGE) has led these efforts in the last 14 years, publishing the most prominent research on gender and entrepreneurship (Lewis and Henry, 2021; Marlow, 2019; Ashe and Treanor, 2011).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%