Women in Management Review: Volume 19 Issue 3

Entrepreneurship and social inclusion

Sandra L. Fielden, Adel Dawe

Women in the UK frequently do not consider business ownership as an alternative to other forms of employment or as a means to gain economic benefits. The number of women currently…

Entrepreneurship: not an easy path to top management for women

Joan Winn

Despite the increased gender parity in the workforce today, few women attain top management positions in America's largest corporations. Instead, an increasing number of women are…

Women entrepreneurs: out from under the glass ceiling

Mary C. Mattis

During the past decade, the incidence of women starting businesses dramatically accelerated in the US. A national, representative sample of women (and men) business owners was…

Women home‐based business owners: insights from comparative analyses

Karyn Loscocco, Andrea Smith‐Hunter

Recent research on women business owners de‐emphasizes home‐based business ownership, despite the fact that home‐based ownership is on the rise. This study uses data from the…

Giving back: women's entrepreneurial philanthropy

Jeannette Oppedisano

Traditionally, the concept of entrepreneurship included a for‐profit bottom line. Recently, however, researchers have begun to explore an adaptation of this model called “social…

Difference Matters: Communicating Social Identity

Heather Kavan