Exploring future research agendas in the field of gender and entrepreneurship

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore future research agendas in the field of gender and entrepreneurship by outlining a critical overview of the current theorising regarding the influence of gender upon entrepreneurial behaviours and activities.

Design/methodology/approach

The discussion reviews the state of existing knowledge and extrapolates future areas for potential research.

Findings

Whilst there are a number of robust reviews of gender and entrepreneurship, there is much scope to add to existing knowledge particularly by employing a critical feminist stance. In addition, discrete gender critiques are vital to inform a broader and far-reaching appraisal of the entrepreneurial project dominating the contemporary socio economic context.

Research limitations/implications

This article is limited by focusing upon discrete themes. However, these are used as exemplars to indicate the potential for future development.

Practical implications

The author suggests future avenues for research development and encourages the development of more sophisticated analyses of interrelation between gender and entrepreneurship.

Social implications

The author suggests that a gendered critique has broader implications for exposing the bias embedded within the current theorising.

Originality/value

Although a review of existing research, there is a thematic development of new opportunities for research development and a call to use gender as a fulcrum to articulate a more searching and critical approach to theorising entrepreneurship.

Citation

Marlow, S. (2014), "Exploring future research agendas in the field of gender and entrepreneurship", International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 6 No. 2, pp. 102-120. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJGE-01-2013-0003