Passing up the Job: The Role of Gendered Organizations and Families in the Entrepreneurial Career Process

Sarah Thébaud

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2016, vol. 40, issue 2, 269-287

Abstract: This article theorizes and evaluates the relationship between inflexible organizational practices, family factors, and gendered pathways into entrepreneurship. Using novel survey data collected by the Harris Poll, I evaluate how a decision to pass up a job that lacks flexibility is associated with self–employment, and examine how this relationship varies by gender, family status, and educational attainment. Findings suggest that passing up a job is associated with women's, but not men's, self–employment. Moreover, motherhood and a spouse's employment status predict women's self–employment, but only if they have sacrificed a job opportunity.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1111/etap.12222

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