Women's entrepreneurial narrative: making sense of the partner's role
by Sophia Belghiti-Mahut; Anne-Laurence Lafont; Angélique Rodhain; Florence Rodhain
International Journal of Sustainable Society (IJSSOC), Vol. 12, No. 1, 2020

Abstract: The present research explores the role the partner plays in women's motivation for entrepreneurship and how spousal support influences the female entrepreneurship process. A qualitative study, using life-story methodology, was conducted with 29 French women entrepreneurs. It was found that women perceived the partner's support as explicit, implicit, or absent. Women who perceive significant and visible support from their partners are clearly grateful to their partners, without whom their entrepreneurial journey might not have commenced. A majority of respondents perceived the tacit approval of the partner and sometimes his income as implicit support. Finally, a certain proportion of female entrepreneurs experienced no support, which they considered mostly as a hindrance or a challenge.

Online publication date: Mon, 10-Feb-2020

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