Documenting Essex‐Boy as a local gendered regime

Bibliographic Data

ID12927797
AuthorsRobert Smith (0000-0002-8593-1298, Robert Gordon University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume5
Issue2
Pages174-197
Publication date2013-06-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1756-6266 • E-ISSN: 1756-6274
PublisherEmerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1108/17566261311328846
OpenAlexW1974812630
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited52

Purpose As a social construct, entrepreneurship is portrayed as an unashamedly masculine endeavour. This forms the basis for much feminist research in entrepreneurship. Despite a sustained research effort in the field of gendered entrepreneurship research this polarised viewpoint remains under researched from the perspective of masculinity. Rather than perpetuate the polarity this short article aims to consider the concept of gendered entrepreneurial regimes as an explanatory variable. Design/methodology/approach Using documentary analysis techniques this article seeks to document the existence of a particular gendered local regime in the form of “Essex‐Boy culture”. Findings The findings although tentative indicate that as a recognised gendered local regime Essex‐Boy identity manifests itself physically at a conceptual, gendered, geographic, community and cultural level. Semiotically it can be expressed as a legitimate business identity, a criminal identity, a celebrity status, a political identity, as parody, caricature and as metaphor. It can be expressed as an ideology, a doxa, class position, a culture or as an initiating dream. It also exists at a narrative level via memoires, biographies, jokes or scripted insult. Research limitations/implications Given that this is a preliminary study based on secondary documents there is clearly scope for other studies to be conducted into this interesting phenomenon. Social implications The study has implications for what can be legitimately studied under the rubric of gendered entrepreneurial research. Originality/value This study is original in its exclusive use of documentary research/analysis to uncover gendered aspects of an under studied entrepreneurial regime

Aesthetics · Cultural capital · Entrepreneurship · Habitus · Identity (music · Ideology · Masculinity · Metaphor · Narrative · Originality · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law

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