Issues of Gender-Based Differentiation in the Collective Training of the Potential Female Entrepreneur

Elementos en en juego en la diferenciación por género en el apoyo colectivo a la mujer potencialmente creativa

Pascale Bueno Merino () and Marie-Hélène Duchemin ()
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Pascale Bueno Merino: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School
Marie-Hélène Duchemin: NIMEC - Normandie Innovation Marché Entreprise Consommation - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - ULH - Université Le Havre Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - IRIHS - Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Homme et Société - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université

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Abstract: The aim of this article is to identify the issues of gender-based differentiation in the collective training of the potential female entrepreneur. Thanks to an abductive approach, we show that the establishment of female collectives, in the ante-creation phase, generates self-confidence. The benevolent, empathic and non-competitive nature of the all-female group facilitates, for some potential female entrepreneurs, the deconstruction of gender stereotypes on female entrepreneurship and reduces the feeling of guilt related to the difficulty to reconcile entrepreneurial project and family life. In other words, the participation of the potential female entrepreneur to an all-female group answers a psychological need for external approval that may be lacking, especially within the family. However, the practice of all-female collective training in the ante-creation phase has certain limits. The latter result from the importance attached by some women to the establishment of a gender-equal environment for sharing various entrepreneurial experiences and developing business networks.

Keywords: Female Entrepreneurship; Collective Training; Gender-Based Differentiation; Lack of Self-Confidence; Gender Stereotypes; Gender Diversity; Espíritu empresarial femenino; Apoyo colectivo; Diferenciación por género; Falta de confianza en en sí mismo; Estereotipos de género; Mixidad; Entrepreneuriat féminin; Accompagnement collectif; Différenciation selon le genre; Manque de confiance en soi; Stéréotypes de genre; Mixité (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in Management international = International management = Gestión internacional, 2016, 20 (4), pp.90-112. ⟨10.7202/1051677ar⟩

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DOI: 10.7202/1051677ar

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