When discrimination is worse, autonomy is key: how women entrepreneurs leverage job autonomy resources to find work-life balance
This article examines the relationship between women entrepreneurs’ job autonomy and work-life balance, with a particular focus on how this relationship might be augmented by environments that discriminate against women, whether socio-economically, institutionally, or culturally. Multisource data pe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2022
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 177, Issue: 3, Pages: 665-682 |
| Further subjects: | B
Job autonomy
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift B Women entrepreneurship B gender discrimination B Macro-level environment B Emancipation theory B Conservation of resources theory B Work-life balance |
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| Summary: | This article examines the relationship between women entrepreneurs’ job autonomy and work-life balance, with a particular focus on how this relationship might be augmented by environments that discriminate against women, whether socio-economically, institutionally, or culturally. Multisource data pertaining to 5334 women entrepreneurs from 37 countries indicate that their sense of job autonomy increases the likelihood that they feel satisfied with their ability to balance the needs of their work with those of their personal life. This process is particularly prominent when they operate in countries characterized by discriminatory socio-economic and institutional conditions, though a mitigating instead of invigorating effect arises in culturally discriminatory settings. For business ethics scholars and practitioners, these findings indicate how the extent to which women entrepreneurs, seeking to combine professional and private responsibilities, derive benefits from initiatives aimed at enhancing their job-related freedom critically depends on whether they operate in adverse external environments. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10551-021-04735-1 |