Examining Female Entrepreneurs' Management Style: An Application of a Relational Frame

This paper reports the results of a qualitative analysis of female entrepreneurs' accounts of their role in their organizations using Relational Theory as the analytical frame. Content analysis of focus group comments indicated that the women used a relational approach in working with employees...

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Main Author: Buttner, E. Holly (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2001
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2001, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 253-269
Further subjects:B relational theory
B Management Style
B Leadership
B women entrepreneurs
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Summary:This paper reports the results of a qualitative analysis of female entrepreneurs' accounts of their role in their organizations using Relational Theory as the analytical frame. Content analysis of focus group comments indicated that the women used a relational approach in working with employees and clients. Relational skills included preserving, mutual empowering, achieving, and creating team. Findings demonstrate that Relational Theory is a useful frame for identifying and explicating women entrepreneurs' interactive style in their own businesses. Implications and future directions for research are discussed.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1026460615436