Gender and family business: New theoretical directions

Al-Dajani, Haya, Bika, Zografia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2970-2941, Collins, Lorna and Swail, Janine (2014) Gender and family business: New theoretical directions. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 6 (3). pp. 218-230. ISSN 1756-6266

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Abstract

Purpose: This editorial aims to investigate the interface between gendered processes and family business by exploring the extent to which gendered processes are reinforced (or not) in family business operations and dynamics. This approach will complement the agency and RBV theoretical bases that dominate family business research (Chrisman et al., 2009), and further contribute to extending gender theories. Design/methodology/approach: Acknowledging that gender is socially constructed, this editorial discusses the interface between gendered processes and family business within entrepreneurship research. Findings: Despite a growing interest in gender and family business, there is a limited literature that explores gender theory within family business research. A gender theory approach embracing family business research contributes to a needed theoretical deconstruction of existing perspectives on the operations, sustainability and succession of family businesses in the 21st century. Originality/value: This article makes a contribution to extant scholarship by extending gender theories through an exploration of the gendered processes in family business research.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	gender,family business,entrepreneurship,gendered processes
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Migration Research Network Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Strategy and Entrepreneurship Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Marketing
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	24 Oct 2014 09:00
Last Modified:	13 Jun 2023 08:25
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/50505
DOI:	10.1108/IJGE-11-2013-0069

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