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Pride, Prejudice and Patriachy: Female Entrepreneurship Experiences in Queensland's Emerging Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
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Pride, Prejudice and Patriachy: Female Entrepreneurship Experiences in Queensland's Emerging Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Char-lee Moyle, Saskia De Klerk, Vibhor Pandey and Brent D Moyle
2019 Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Handbook, pp.35-36
Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (ACERE), 2019 (Sydney, Australia, 05-Feb-2019–08-Feb-2019)
2019
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Business and Management
While there is substantial literature on gender differences in organisations and the impact this has on business success, there is relatively fewer studies that consider gender differences in entrepreneurship. Indeed, the masculine bias of entrepreneurial studies has limited the feminist perspective, restricting our understanding of women's unique entrepreneurial experiences and contributions (Hodges et al., 2015; Ratten, 2018). The result has been women entrepreneurs downplaying their gender, and policies that do not sufficiently support female entrepreneurs (Lewis, 2006; Tlaiss & Kauser, 2018). However, there is an emerging body of critical literature that considers gender theory in the context of entrepreneurship (Bamiatzi et al., 2015; Galloway et al., 2015; Harrison et al., 2015). This literature suggests that a gender diverse entrepreneurial ecosystem can deliver higher quality entrepreneurship (Berger & Kuckertz, 2016). Moreover, the research suggests that women participate in and seek to change the structures that impede and facilitate their entrepreneurship and status as leaders. Indeed, women are often drawn to entrepreneurship due to the increased social status, as well as the ability to have financial and professional independence (Petridou & Glaveli, 2008) and control their career development (Pettersson et al., 2017). More recent research also mentions the motivation to become an entrepreneur to achieve work-life balance (Bhardwaj, & Mittal, 2017). Importantly, these studies highlight the impact of social, cultural and political institutions on women's entrepreneurial experience and argue the importance of context (Harrison et al., 2015). Despite emerging studies, the literature continues to call for more feminist theory in entrepreneurship studies to close gaps relating to the complexities of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial leadership (Galloway et al., 2015). Consequently, this paper seeks to explore entrepreneurship through a feminist lens within the emerging entrepreneurial ecosystem in Queensland, Australia.

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