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The gender equal country’s glass ceiling

Lindblom, Hanna LU (2022) ENTN19 20221
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
The overall purpose of this research is to explore why female entrepreneurs, despite the equality that exists in Sweden, engage less in entrepreneurship compared to male entrepreneurs. The study is inductive and conducted through a qualitative approach with 6 case studies. The primary data is collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed by a first and second order categorization. Three specific prejudices about the genders can be identified as answers to why female entrepreneurs are faced with challenges when attempting to engage in entrepreneurship. The three prejudices are; Lack of confidence in female entrepreneurs, Men are the norm of entrepreneurship and Women are less capable of engaging in entrepreneurship. In order to... (More)
The overall purpose of this research is to explore why female entrepreneurs, despite the equality that exists in Sweden, engage less in entrepreneurship compared to male entrepreneurs. The study is inductive and conducted through a qualitative approach with 6 case studies. The primary data is collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed by a first and second order categorization. Three specific prejudices about the genders can be identified as answers to why female entrepreneurs are faced with challenges when attempting to engage in entrepreneurship. The three prejudices are; Lack of confidence in female entrepreneurs, Men are the norm of entrepreneurship and Women are less capable of engaging in entrepreneurship. In order to achieve more gender equality within entrepreneurship in Sweden, measures against eliminating the prejudices that exist about male and female entrepreneurs need to be taken on a societal level with the pure intention of establishing more gender equality. (Less)
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author
Lindblom, Hanna LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
An inductive study about female entrepreneurship in Sweden
course
ENTN19 20221
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Gender Equality, Female Entrepreneurship, New Venture Creation, Hindrances, Sweden
language
English
id
9082738
date added to LUP
2022-06-08 15:29:21
date last changed
2022-06-08 15:29:21
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  abstract     = {{The overall purpose of this research is to explore why female entrepreneurs, despite the equality that exists in Sweden, engage less in entrepreneurship compared to male entrepreneurs. The study is inductive and conducted through a qualitative approach with 6 case studies. The primary data is collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed by a first and second order categorization. Three specific prejudices about the genders can be identified as answers to why female entrepreneurs are faced with challenges when attempting to engage in entrepreneurship. The three prejudices are; Lack of confidence in female entrepreneurs, Men are the norm of entrepreneurship and Women are less capable of engaging in entrepreneurship. In order to achieve more gender equality within entrepreneurship in Sweden, measures against eliminating the prejudices that exist about male and female entrepreneurs need to be taken on a societal level with the pure intention of establishing more gender equality.}},
  author       = {{Lindblom, Hanna}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The gender equal country’s glass ceiling}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}