Women entrepreneurs

Out from under the glass ceiling

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19448133
AutoresMary C Mattis (National Academy of Engineering, autor correspondente)
Ano2004
Volume19
Fascículo3
Páginas154-163
Data de publicação2004-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWomen in Management Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0964-9425 • E-ISSN: 1758-7182
EditoraEmerald (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1108/09649420410529861
OpenAlexW2002787733
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas41
Referências citadas11

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 interviewed by telephone to understand better this phenomenon. This analysis focuses on women business owners who left corporate careers to start their own businesses. Respondents' experiences with corporate “glass ceilings” and “glass walls”, such as lack of flexibility and challenge, lack of role models and mentors, lack of access to line positions with concomitant intrapreneurial opportunities, and failure of organizations to credit and reward women's contributions, are examined. Differences among three age cohorts of women business owners, included in the analysis, portend increased difficulty for companies in retaining talented women professionals and managers, especially those with entrepreneurial interests. Recommendations to companies include identifying and eliminating barriers to women's advancement in the corporate culture and work environment, and development of more intrapreneurial opportunities

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Glass ceiling · Management · Political science · Public relations · Women entrepreneurs · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Family Business Performance and Succession · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Finance · Marketing