Parenting: towards a work-life articulation model of women entrepreneurs

Angélique Rodhain (), Sophia Belghiti-Mahut (), Anne-Laurence Lafont () and Florence Rodhain ()
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Angélique Rodhain: UM - Université de Montpellier, MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier, Labex Entreprendre - UM - Université de Montpellier
Sophia Belghiti-Mahut: UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3, CORHIS - Communication, Ressources Humaines et Intervention Sociale - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
Anne-Laurence Lafont: UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT - Université de Toulouse, LGTO - Laboratoire de Gestion et des Transitions Organisationnelles - UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT - Université de Toulouse
Florence Rodhain: UM - Université de Montpellier, MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier

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Abstract: Being a women entrepreneur is presented in the literature as either a difficulty or a solution to work‒family and work‒life conflict. Since these two conflicts increase entrepreneurs' life stress and reduce career satisfaction, they deserve a better understanding. The life narrative analysis of 29 women entrepreneurs who actually created their own business provides deeper insight into the reasons for their career choice within the context of a whole-life story. Three cases emerge, based on women entrepreneurs' perceptions of articulating work life and private life. Four criteria explain the work‒life articulation: the entrepreneur's lifecycle, the business lifecycle (and the conjunction between these two criteria), spousal support, and the entrepreneur's motivation for creating the business.

Keywords: women entrepreneurs; work‒life conflict; life narrative; gender; mumpreneur (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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Published in Revue de l'Entrepreneuriat, 2020, La parentalité en entrepreneuriat : une dimension oubliée ?, 19, ⟨10.3917/entre1.193.0023⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/entre1.193.0023

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