'Embrace the masculine; attenuate the feminine': gender, identity work and entrepreneurial legitimation in the nascent context

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'Embrace the masculine; attenuate the feminine': gender, identity work and entrepreneurial legitimation in the nascent context

This paper critically analyses how gender bias impacts upon women’s efforts to legitimate nascent ventures. Given the importance of founder identity as a proxy for entrepreneurial legitimacy at nascency, we explore the identity work women undertake when seeking to claim legitimacy for their emerging...

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Main Authors:	Swail, Janine, Marlow, Susan
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2017
Subjects:	Gender legitimacy identity work nascency
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48295/

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