Discursive constructions of women managers in German mass media in the gender quota debate 2011-2013

Lang, Rainhart; Rybnikova, Irma

doi:10.1108/gm-02-2016-0017

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“…Anderson and Warren (2011) focussed on the media identity of a prominent male entrepreneur, with the purpose to investigate entrepreneurship as a phenomenon. Through studying media, we can see the stability of discursive practices overtime when it comes to gender structures (Lang and Rybnikova, 2016).…”

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A new male entrepreneur?

Jernberg

Lindbäck

Roos

2020

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the representation of male entrepreneurs in the media has changed in the after-effects of the #metoo movement. Design/methodology/approach The authors perform a discourse analysis and visual analysis of how male entrepreneurs in the Swedish business magazine Affärsvärlden are represented. A centre-margin analysis is laid out, focusing on who and what constitutes (or endeavours to constitute) the legitimate male entrepreneur. Findings The results of the analysis show that male entrepreneurs are represented with different discursive success factors. These success factors are linked to a driven personality, a high-status leisure activity, a supportive but invisible family, a focus on financial measures and a global outlook. Marginally, there has been a change towards more humbleness, and a shift from financial growth to turnover, in the representation of entrepreneurial masculinities after the #metoo movement. Research limitations/implications To bring about a more equal norm regarding male entrepreneurial identity, more space and attention must be given in the media to the subordinate masculinities of entrepreneurs. Originality/value Previous gender research on entrepreneurship has, to a large extent, focussed on female entrepreneurs and research focussed on male entrepreneurs is conspicuous in its absence. However, the male entrepreneur, just like the female entrepreneur, needs to relate to, be compared with and adapt to a norm of how the ideal entrepreneur should be. Therefore, it is important to establish and illuminate who the male entrepreneur is assumed to be, to better understand and question that role.

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A new male entrepreneur?

Jernberg

Lindbäck

Roos

2020

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“…This stands in stark contrast to media portrayals of male leaders, where similar non-work issues remain invisible (Patterson, Mavin and Turner, 2012) and there is not the same obsession with appearance. In addition to both the trivialisation and objectification of women, there is also an emphasis on individual performance and a neglect of structural factors (Lang and Rybnikova, 2016). For a woman, becoming a successful business leader rests largely on her capacity to recognise and overcome her own shortfalls (Kapasi, Sang and Sitko 2016).…”

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Heroines of enterprise: Post-recession media representations of women and entrepreneurship in a UK newspaper 2008–2016

Nadin

Smith

Jones

2020

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurs

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This article analyses contemporary media representations of female entrepreneurs in the daily UK broadsheet ‘The Times’. While existing research shows how the media ignores or trivialises entrepreneurship of women, our focus is on the emergence of the successful female entrepreneur, an increasingly prominent, heroic media genre. We suggest that this is one response to the recession of 2008 and the broader neoliberal context in which women are positioned as central to economic recovery. We interrogate this recent expression of entrepreneurial femininity, adopting a critical perspective on postfeminism to reveal the values and ideals associated with this privileged form. We argue that this version of entrepreneurial femininity is the female equivalent of the mythologised male hero – accomplished, hard-working and successful at work and home. Implications are explored in terms of the expectations associated with entrepreneurship done by women, and the extent to which these challenge gendered norms; whom this ‘privileges’; who this excludes; and the negative impact such hegemonic femininities have on recognising and supporting ‘alternative’/heterogeneous forms of entrepreneurship done by both women and men.

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“…The author also did a document study whose vendors are listed in table 2. Meanwhile, the data analysis techniques used in this study were content analysis techniques and descriptive analysis (Harwood & Garry, 2003;Lang & Rybnikova, 2016). researchers used qualitative data analysis by Huberman & Saldana (2014), which starts from data collection, data reduction, data display, and data conclusion drawing or verification.…”

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Domestic stakeholders’ aspirations for mou renewal on women migrant workers in Malaysia

Mindarti

Saleh

Maskur

2021

Indonesian Journal of Communications Studies

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The research was focused on investigating the collaborative process between stakeholders and the differences in the two countries’ interests. This qualitative research was a case study with content analysis and descriptive techniques. The data collection techniques used were in-depth interviews with relevant stakeholders and document collection. The study results indicate that all stages have been carried out in the collaboration process, starting from face-to-face, building trust, negotiation and discussion, and commitment. However, the differences in the two countries’ interests are also clearly visible, such as the Government of Indonesia prioritising the placement and protection of migrant workers and prioritising the protection of users (employers) and International Domestic Migrant Workers (employees or Indonesian Domestic Migrant Workers) in Malaysia.

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Discursive constructions of women managers in German mass media in the gender quota debate 2011-2013

Cited by 10 publications

References 20 publications

A new male entrepreneur?

A new male entrepreneur?

Heroines of enterprise: Post-recession media representations of women and entrepreneurship in a UK newspaper 2008–2016

Domestic stakeholders’ aspirations for mou renewal on women migrant workers in Malaysia

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