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Masculinity in Scandinavian tech entrepreneurship : male technology entrepreneurs negotiating gender (in)equality
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- Balkmar, Dag, 1974- (author)
- Örebro universitet,Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap,Department of Gender Studies
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- Lindvert, Marta (author)
- Nord University Business School, Bodø, Norway
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- Ljunggren, Elisabet Carine (author)
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Nord University, Bodø, Norway
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- 2024
- 2024
- English.
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In: International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship. - Leeds : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1756-6266 .- 1756-6274.
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- Purpose: Both entrepreneurship and technology are significantly gendered, and when combined in technology entrepreneurship, they make up a fundamentally masculine field. This article investigates men tech entrepreneurs' negotiations of gender and gender (in)equality. The purpose is to gain knowledge on masculinity in tech entrepreneurship and to explore what role this might play in any change towards more gender-equal entrepreneurship.Design/methodology/approach: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten Swedish and Norwegian male tech entrepreneurs in tech incubators. The interviews dealt with gender (in)equality and masculinity in tech entrepreneurship. The data were coded in NVivo and inductively analysed using thematic analysis. We apply a social constructivist understanding of gender.Findings: We categorise the male entrepreneurs' views of gender equality along “privileged”, “paradoxical” and “potential” articulations of gender (in)equality. Building on these articulations, we discuss the potential entrepreneurial men and masculinities could have for changing gender inequality in the Scandinavian tech entrepreneurship context. The findings are applicable to several entrepreneurial contexts.Originality/value: The study contributes to further the theoretical understanding of tech entrepreneurship as a gendered phenomenon, its dynamics and its potential for change, particularly in promoting gender equality in tech entrepreneurship. Empirically, it investigates the perceptions about gender (in)equality and gender as negotiated concepts amongst male tech entrepreneurs.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Genusstudier (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Gender Studies (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- masculinity
- Scandinavia
- Technology entrepreneurship
- change
- gender equality
- thematic analysis
- Gender Studies
- Genusvetenskap
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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