Navigating gendered spaces: a feminist phenomenological exploration of women entrepreneurs lived experiences within government support agencies

IF 3.1 Q2 BUSINESS
Edicleia Oliveira, Serge Basini, Thomas M. Cooney
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Abstract

Purpose

This article explores women entrepreneurs' lived experiences in their interactions with government enterprise support agencies. It investigates the relationship between gendering and Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO), as a normative orientation adopted at the institutional level and justified by an economic rationale. It also explores how women entrepreneurs articulate their experiences through embodied metaphors and image schemas, shedding light on how they navigate the institutional entrepreneurial space.

Design/methodology/approach

This study is framed within the concept of Phenomenological Orientation as conceptualised in feminist phenomenology. It applies Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, a qualitative methodology focused on interpreting accounts of first-person lived experiences of a phenomenon. It combines IPA with Conceptual Metaphor Theory to understand women's articulation of their embodied relationship within the entrepreneurial space.

Findings

Findings reveal that the entrepreneurial orientation functions as a gendering process within entrepreneurial institutions, reinforcing masculine hegemonic ideals and marginalising women entrepreneurs. Women's phenomenological orientations often diverge from the normative entrepreneurial orientation, highlighting the need for a more inclusive framework in institutional entrepreneurial spaces.

Research limitations/implications

This article contributes to women's entrepreneurship literature by underlining the temporal dimension of entrepreneurship and the tension that underpins their interactions with government support bodies. It calls for inclusive policies and procedures to match the heterogeneity of orientations. While highlighting its limitations, it also suggests future research directions to deepen the understanding of entrepreneurship and inform more suitable support structures for all entrepreneurs.

Originality/value

This study contributes to the literature by shedding light on the nuanced interplay between gendering, entrepreneurial orientation, and women entrepreneurs' lived experiences. It extends previous research by framing “orientation” within a temporality framework, offering a novel perspective on the gendering of entrepreneurial spaces.

驾驭性别空间:对女企业家在政府支持机构中生活经历的女权主义现象学探索
本文探讨了女企业家与政府企业支持机构互动的生活经历。文章探讨了性别化与创业导向(EO)之间的关系,创业导向是机构层面采用的一种规范性导向,并以经济理由为依据。研究还探讨了女性创业者如何通过具身隐喻和形象图式来表达自己的经验,从而揭示她们如何在制度性创业空间中游刃有余。它采用了解释性现象学分析法(Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis),这是一种侧重于解释第一人称现象生活经验的定性方法。研究结果研究结果表明,创业取向在创业机构中发挥着性别化过程的作用,强化了男性霸权理想,并使女性创业者边缘化。妇女的现象学取向往往与规范的创业取向相左,这凸显了在机构创业空间中建立更具包容性框架的必要性。文章呼吁制定包容性政策和程序,以适应各种不同的取向。在强调其局限性的同时,它还提出了未来的研究方向,以加深对创业精神的理解,并为所有创业者提供更合适的支持结构。它将 "取向 "置于时间性框架内,扩展了以往的研究,为创业空间的性别化提供了一个新的视角。
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CiteScore
7.40
自引率
15.60%
发文量
15
期刊介绍: Launched in 2009, the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship (IJGE) aims to facilitate the natural evolution of the field of gender and entrepreneurship by drawing together the very best research contributions from around the world. The journal seeks to: -Provide a dedicated publication outlet for high calibre, international research of interest to scholars, entrepreneurs and policy makers in the field of gender and entrepreneurship -Offer a unique perspective on the practice of gender and entrepreneurship by including sections dedicated to practitioner and policy content -Support a more consistent global approach to the presentation of research in the field -Platform the work of dynamic young researchers and those who are in a position to offer new perspectives on this particular research area -Enable those active in the area as researchers, educators, trainers, practitioners, support personnel and policy makers to keep up to date with the field on an international level. The coverage of the journal includes, but is not limited to: Entrepreneurship, Female/Women’s entrepreneurship , Business, Management, Strategy, Gender, Economics, Internationalization, Marketing.
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