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Chapter 6 Women entrepreneurs within family spaces: A spatial perspective from a patriarchal context

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De Gruyter Handbook of Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies
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Abstract

This chapter proposes a spatial orientation approach to understanding women’s entrepreneurship from a feminist geography perspective. Specifically, it focuses on the role that geographical location to family plays in women’s pursuit of entrepreneurship. Based on the accounts of 25 Saudi Arabian women entrepreneurs living close or far from their families, the findings show that ‘proximity to family’ and ‘distance from family’ as a spatial factor influence women’s pursuit of entrepreneurship as well as their integration with or separation from family with work. The chapter makes empirical contributions regarding the relevance of place embeddedness to business-family interference. Family-to-business interreference goes beyond the demands of domestic responsibilities, to the familial pressures and expectations, leading women to adhere to family norms. Therefore, family norms were evident and emerged regarding certain activities: i) mobility-temporal expectations, ii) spatial expectations, and iii) inter-gender comportment expectations. The finding extends the predominantly Western literature on the spatial context by theorizing new facets observed in patriarchal contexts where women interaction with the family provides a new understanding of women entrepreneurship.

Abstract

This chapter proposes a spatial orientation approach to understanding women’s entrepreneurship from a feminist geography perspective. Specifically, it focuses on the role that geographical location to family plays in women’s pursuit of entrepreneurship. Based on the accounts of 25 Saudi Arabian women entrepreneurs living close or far from their families, the findings show that ‘proximity to family’ and ‘distance from family’ as a spatial factor influence women’s pursuit of entrepreneurship as well as their integration with or separation from family with work. The chapter makes empirical contributions regarding the relevance of place embeddedness to business-family interference. Family-to-business interreference goes beyond the demands of domestic responsibilities, to the familial pressures and expectations, leading women to adhere to family norms. Therefore, family norms were evident and emerged regarding certain activities: i) mobility-temporal expectations, ii) spatial expectations, and iii) inter-gender comportment expectations. The finding extends the predominantly Western literature on the spatial context by theorizing new facets observed in patriarchal contexts where women interaction with the family provides a new understanding of women entrepreneurship.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. List of contributors XI
  4. Foreword XIX
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Section 1: Central and South America
  7. Chapter 1 Financial, human, and social capital – the interplay of resources among women entrepreneurs in Costa Rica 17
  8. Chapter 2 How women entrepreneurs emerge from family firms: The case of Colombia 35
  9. Chapter 3 Inclusive internationalisation as an emerging phenomenon of female entrepreneurship in three Latin American countries 65
  10. Chapter 4 The role of junior enterprises in the promotion of women’s entrepreneurial intentions: A comparison between Brazil and Portugal 121
  11. Section 2: Middle and far east
  12. Chapter 5 Female business angels in emerging economies: Funding family-related entrepreneurs 141
  13. Chapter 6 Women entrepreneurs within family spaces: A spatial perspective from a patriarchal context 165
  14. Chapter 7 An investigation into the influence of confidence, knowledge, and perseverance in supporting female entrepreneurs across emerging markets in India 187
  15. Chapter 8 The invisibility of Vietnamese women in the aquaculture value chain 227
  16. Section 3: Africa
  17. Chapter 9 Women’s enterprising in Africa: A systematic literature review 245
  18. Chapter 10 Coopetition as a strategy for value co-creation in women-owned start-ups in South Africa 273
  19. Chapter 11 Workaround practices within gender-biased entrepreneurship ecosystems – evidence from female entrepreneurs in the East African coffee sector 299
  20. Chapter 12 Agri-businesswomen in Kenya: Personal networks as gendered spaces in women’s entrepreneurship 319
  21. Section 4: Eastern Europe
  22. Chapter 13 Effectual-Causal reasonings inside innovative Belarusian SMEs: A gendered view 351
  23. Chapter 14 Women entrepreneurs: From potential to intention. The role of motivations and culture in emerging economies 369
  24. Postscript: Where do we go from here? 393
  25. Index 395
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110747669-007

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. List of contributors XI
  4. Foreword XIX
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Section 1: Central and South America
  7. Chapter 1 Financial, human, and social capital – the interplay of resources among women entrepreneurs in Costa Rica 17
  8. Chapter 2 How women entrepreneurs emerge from family firms: The case of Colombia 35
  9. Chapter 3 Inclusive internationalisation as an emerging phenomenon of female entrepreneurship in three Latin American countries 65
  10. Chapter 4 The role of junior enterprises in the promotion of women’s entrepreneurial intentions: A comparison between Brazil and Portugal 121
  11. Section 2: Middle and far east
  12. Chapter 5 Female business angels in emerging economies: Funding family-related entrepreneurs 141
  13. Chapter 6 Women entrepreneurs within family spaces: A spatial perspective from a patriarchal context 165
  14. Chapter 7 An investigation into the influence of confidence, knowledge, and perseverance in supporting female entrepreneurs across emerging markets in India 187
  15. Chapter 8 The invisibility of Vietnamese women in the aquaculture value chain 227
  16. Section 3: Africa
  17. Chapter 9 Women’s enterprising in Africa: A systematic literature review 245
  18. Chapter 10 Coopetition as a strategy for value co-creation in women-owned start-ups in South Africa 273
  19. Chapter 11 Workaround practices within gender-biased entrepreneurship ecosystems – evidence from female entrepreneurs in the East African coffee sector 299
  20. Chapter 12 Agri-businesswomen in Kenya: Personal networks as gendered spaces in women’s entrepreneurship 319
  21. Section 4: Eastern Europe
  22. Chapter 13 Effectual-Causal reasonings inside innovative Belarusian SMEs: A gendered view 351
  23. Chapter 14 Women entrepreneurs: From potential to intention. The role of motivations and culture in emerging economies 369
  24. Postscript: Where do we go from here? 393
  25. Index 395
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