Entrepreneurship as a solution: The allure of self-employment for women and minorities

By M. Heilman, Julie J. Chen. 2003

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Sex, Gender, and Decisions at the Family → Work Interface (2010, background): “Brush, 1992; Buttner & Moore, 1997; DeMartino & Barbato, 2003; Heilman & Chen, 2003; Jennings & McDougald, 2007; Kepler & Shane, 2007; Loscocco, 1997; Mallon & Cohen, 2001; Mattis, 2005).”
Women entrepreneurship in small service firms: motivations, barriers and performance (2012, background): “According to a number of studies (Cromie, 1987 ; Gatewood, Shaver, & Gartner, 1995 ; Goffee, Scase, & Pollack, 1982 ; Ram, 1999 ; Heilman & Chen, 2003 ; Hisrich & Brush, 1986 ; Stanger, 1990 ), motivation of an intrinisic and transcendental nature predominates among women, whereas men are dri”
What the numbers tell: The impact of human, family and financial capital on women and men's entry into entrepreneurship in Turkey (2012, background): “Research in developed countries like the US has revealed that although men and women may have similar human capital, women's organizational ascent is likely to be impeded by a ‘glass ceiling’, which motivates many women executives to quit their salaried jobs and pursue entrepreneurship (Heilman and ”
Entrepreneurial Perceptions and Intentions: The Role of Gender and Culture (2012, background): “For example, women “starting businesses typically dominated by white males may potentially face difficulties in obtaining a client base” (Heilman & Chen, 2003, p. 359).”
Examining the entrepreneurial attitudes of US business students (2008, background): “Past research also suggests that females (Hisrich and Brush, 1987; Carter, 2000; Thomas, 2001) and minorities (Kourilsky and Esfandiari, 1997; Heilman and Chen, 2003) are faced with more obstacles in the entrepreneurial process, such as less education and business experience, limited resources, and ”
The Role of Gender Stereotypes in Perceptions of Entrepreneurs and Intentions to Become an Entrepreneur (2009, background): “…us to empirically examine a theoretical explanation for the well-known paradox that although entrepreneurship is widely recognized as an attractive and worthwhile career for women (Heilman & Chen, 2003), the rate of entrepreneurship among women remains much lower than men (Reynolds et al., 2004).”
Entrepreneurial intention: the role of gender (2010, background): “These perceptions, in turn, restrict women’s entrepreneurial endeavours; and this is a paradoxical phenomena since the allure of entrepreneurship should be even greater for women due to the perceived barriers in the labour market that would constrain the achievement of their full potential 2 ( Heilm”