Female entrepreneurship and the management of business and domestic roles: Motivations, expectations and realities

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 53-72

  McGowan, Pauric ^a   Redeker, Caroline Lewis ^a   Cooper, Sarah Y ^b   Greenan, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

expectations; female entrepreneurship; motivations; new venture creation; work life balance

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ENTREPRENEUR; FEMALE; GENDER ISSUE; WOMENS STATUS;

IRELAND;

EID: 84858857152     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2012.637351     Document Type: Article

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