Online communities and entrepreneuring mothers: practices of building, being and belonging

Natalia Vershinina, Nichola Phillips and Maura Mcadam
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Natalia Vershinina: Audencia Recherche - Audencia Business School
Nichola Phillips: DMU - De Montfort University [Leicester, United Kingdom]
Maura Mcadam: DCU - Dublin City University [Dublin]

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Abstract: Informed by contributions of Professor Alistair Anderson to the social perspective of entrepreneurship, rooted in social relationships and social capital, this article examines how members of an online community collectively interpret and negotiate the challenges of pursuing entrepreneurship alongside parenthood. This article adopts a multi-staged research design, incorporating netnography, participant observation, and qualitative semi-structured interviews. The analysis reveals the critical role of networking in how entrepreneuring women construct and maintain community connections and distinguishes between three dimensions of community engagement: Building, Being and Belonging. Drawing on communities of practice as an analytical lens, we offer new insights into the form and function of communal entrepreneurial practices facilitated by the digital environment.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; motherhood; online communities; communities of practice; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-06-06
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Published in Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, inPress, 34 (7-8), pp.742-764. ⟨10.1080/08985626.2022.2083692⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2022.2083692

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