Enacting Entrepreneurship and Leadership: A Longitudinal Exploration of Gendered Identity Work. (28th April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lewis, Kate V.; Henry, Colette; Foss, Lene; Fayolle, Alain; Walker, Elizabeth; Duffy, Susan
• Is Part Of: Journal of small business management. Volume 53:Number 3(2015:Jul.)
• Page Start: 662
• Page End: 682
• Publication Date: 2015-04-28
• Subjects: Small business -- Management -- Periodicals; 658.022
• DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12175
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0047-2778

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Entrepreneurship and leadership are enacted as examples of practice and taken on as forms of identity; they are also both understood to be gendered constructions. The paper explores how entrepreneurial leadership is enacted by a female entrepreneur over time and how being a leader is integrated into entrepreneurial identity development via gendered identity work. The empirical foundation of the paper is a longitudinal case study of a New Zealand female entrepreneur that is informed by primary data spanning almost a decade (2005–2014). The data were collected via multiple, in‐depth, narrative interviews and analyzed using the framework of interpretative phenomenological analysis.</p> </abstract>