Abstract
Entrepreneurship research principally focuses on business growth. This focus valorizes the masculine and marginalizes other interpretations. Consequently, entrepreneurship is restricted to a phenomenon that is rare in the diverse business world. The leadership literature proposes that entrepreneurship may not be as masculine as we assume anyway. Our understanding of entrepreneurship needs development at the conceptual level. We argue that performativity, as described in feminist theory, can contribute to how we interpret entrepreneurship and that this might inform both the entrepreneurship and leadership literatures to afford us better understanding of what we might mean by entrepreneurial leadership.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 683-692 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Small Business Management |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 17 Apr 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Management of Technology and Innovation
- Strategy and Management
- General Business,Management and Accounting
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Laura Galloway
- School of Social Sciences - Professor
- School of Social Sciences, Edinburgh Business School - Professor
Person: Academic (Research & Teaching)