Pushed or Pulled? Women's Entry into Self‐Employment and Small Business Ownership

By K. Hughes. 2003

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Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Public Administration, Sociology and Political Science

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Explaining the lack of strategic planning in SMEs: The importance of owner motivation (2007, background): “Broadly, motivational factors can be categorised as either ‘pull’ or ‘push’ (Cooper & Dunkelberg 1986; Brockhaus 1987; Hamilton 1987; Buttner & Moore 1997; Hughes 2003)—‘pull’ factors are associated with owner-managers having a strong positive internal desire go into small business; ‘push’ factors a”
Why Do Individuals Choose Self-Employment? (2009, background): “In a very small-scale study, Hughes (2003) uses data from 61 Canadian female respondents in the province of Alberta who are self-employed.”
The impact of a necessity-based start-up on subsequent entrepreneurial satisfaction (2010, background): “The concepts of opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship are analogous to the discussion of ‘pull’ and ‘push’ motives behind the decision to start a business (e.g., Granger et al., 1995; Hughes, 2003; Mallon, 1998; Moore & Mueller, 2002).”
Business as Plan B (2015, background): “Though many of these desires have been found to be similar for men and women, one important gender difference in entrepreneurial motivations that offers theoretical purchase on the relationship between work–family institutions and gender gaps in entrepreneurship is that women are more likely than me”
Constraints and opportunities facing women entrepreneurs in developing countries: A relational perspective (2009, background): “…revolving around opportunities for independence, challenge, initiative as well as the success and satisfaction derived through entrepreneurship (Hughes, 2003; Baughn et al., 2006), with research suggesting different sets of career satisfiers for men and women entrepreneurs, revolving around…”
Institutions and the prevalence of nonstandard employment (2015, background): “Economic growth can ‘pull’ individuals into starting a new business; poor economic conditions, by contrast, tend to ‘push’ individuals into self-employment, despite the fact that they would rather be in dependent employment (e.g. Storey, 1991; Meager, 1992; Blanchflower, 2000; Clark and Drinkwater, ”
Self-employment and family life: constructing work–life balance when you're ‘always on’ (2014, background): “…or ‘pulled’ toward self-employment because of entrepreneurial values that prioritize having greater independence and responsibility for decision-making, more opportunities for creative expression, and the potential to earn more money (Baines, Wheelock, & Gelder, 2003; Delage, 2002; Hughes, 2003).”
Women entrepreneurs in the Republic of Macedonia: waiting for directions (2013, unknown): “‘Pull’ factors are related more with motivators to establish a personal business (Hughes, 2003; Baughn et al., 2006).”
Female entrepreneurs in transition economies: insights from Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo (2015, background): “‘Pull’ factors are those factors that attract women to entrepreneurship and influence their decision to establish their own business (Hughes, 2003; Baughn et al., 2006).”
Living the Dream? Assessing the “Entrepreneurship as Emancipation” Perspective in a Developed Region (2016, background): “The women’s entrepreneurship literature is replete with descriptions of businesses founded in response to the “frustration and discontent with corporate life” (Heilman & Chen, 2003, p. 347; see also Hughes, 2003; Weiler & Bernasek, 2001; Winn, 2004).”