Karriere zu zweit – Haushalt allein? Selbständige Frauen in Beruf und Partnerschaft

Leicht, René; Cesinger, Beate; König, Stefanie; Langhauser, Marc

doi:10.5771/9783845267845-189

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“…The structure theoretical ("strukturtheoretische") approach in the context of the gender-segregated labour market in Germany is concerned with the fact that women make a rational decision when they choose a particular work-life balance. This is assumed to allow an effective compatibility between work and home life (Leicht et al, 2014). External conditions in society, for example, the typical earnings and industry participation patterns with respect to gender, are argued to be decisive for the decision (Makarova and Herzog, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The typical model of the male bread-winner and the female part-timer in partnerships is mainly found in western countries, particularly in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK (Makarova and Herzog, 2013). In these cases, women regularly choose a profession that allows them to work part-time, which also includes part-time self-employment (Leicht et al, 2014). Given such external conditions in society, this decision to be part-time seems to be a rational decision.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This theory, with its focus on the compatibility of work and family, underlines the assumption that women in society make decisions with this compatibility in mind. Just like the structure theoretical explanation, the socialisation theory also assumes societal pressures (Leicht et al, 2014). This is framed by environmental and external circumstances and not at all a situation which is only created out of self-motivation.…”

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“…This allows for the conclusion that women feel like they are in a double-bind: they cannot spend the time that they would like to spend being fully involved in their job and do not want to, or cannot, spend less time for the family. According to Leicht et al (2014), women are often captive in a socialised role and take the role of the "family-manager", having not necessarily decided to have a part-time job on a voluntary basis. In such a situation, they are more "pushed" into part-time self-employment due to the family situation or family conditions.…”

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Satisfactions comparisons: women with families, full-time and part-time self-employed

Ebbers

Piper

2017

IJGE

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Purpose In spite of numerous political initiatives, the proportion of self-employed women in Germany has stagnated. This paper aims to offer a new perspective on this problem. The investigation and data gathered about job and life satisfaction of women with families can provide information on the reasons for starting a business, and the low participation of women in entrepreneurial activity. Design/methodology/approach After a literature review, representative German panel data is analysed to investigate the job and life satisfaction of full- and part-time self-employed women with a family. Findings Self-employed women with families who work full-time are more satisfied with their jobs than those who work part-time. There is no statistically significant difference between these two groups with respect to their life satisfaction. Research limitations/implications An implication of the results suggests new ideas and a new focus by policy makers and politicians when trying to increase the quantity of women with families engaging in self-employment. A limitation is that a lack of “within” variation in the data means that the panel nature of the survey cannot be usefully incorporated into the investigation. Originality/value Until now, there is limited research about the work and life satisfaction of women with a family comparing full- and part-time self-employment. This analysis is potentially valuable because the number of part-time self-employed women is substantially higher than the number of full-time self-employed women. We find evidence that such women may instead prefer full-time self-employment.

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2017

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“…We would like to present one aspect in more detail here. In the literature, the constellation that one partner mainly provides for the household income whereas the other – from this secure foundation – pursues the startup project is a common model of female self-employment (Aldrich and Cliff, 2003; Leicht et al , 2014). In the male part of our sample, we found three cases where the women took over the role as breadwinner, whereas the men pursued their startup project.…”

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Self-employment of men supported by female breadwinners

Gather

Schürmann

Zipprian

2016

IJGE

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Purpose This paper aims to look at the multiple embeddedness of male self-employment by focusing on entrepreneurship of men supported by female breadwinners. Design/methodology/approach Following a qualitative research design, the paper presents three case studies drawn from a research project, where 40 narrative interviews were conducted with female and male business starters. Findings The concept of embeddedness that was developed for female business founders can also be applied and specified for business startups of men. Creating and conducting a business or becoming self-employed is for men closely related to and interwoven with gender norms, household and partnership dynamics. Men who are not the family breadwinners benefit from the male connotations of entrepreneurship. Male self-employment, even if of precarious or low pecuniary relevance, allows them to fulfill the norms of masculinity and employment. Research limitations/implications Given that this is a qualitative study only based on three case studies, more research is needed to estimate the frequency of this type of male self-employment. Originality/value The importance of the context for the decision on starting-up and conducting a business is shown for male entrepreneurs. The study demonstrates how on the household level the male entrepreneurship norm is transformed into everyday lives and fits into gender arrangements. In emphasizing the non-economic dimensions of entrepreneurship, the paper opens the discussion about the interconnections between gender and entrepreneurship for men as well.

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Innovationen vom Tellerrand: Die Rolle von Unternehmensgründerinnen in der Ökonomie nachhaltigen Wirtschaftens

Bey¹,

Röhr

2017

Management-Reihe Corporate Social Responsibility

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Karriere zu zweit – Haushalt allein? Selbständige Frauen in Beruf und Partnerschaft

Cited by 3 publications

References 10 publications

Satisfactions comparisons: women with families, full-time and part-time self-employed

Satisfactions comparisons: women with families, full-time and part-time self-employed

Self-employment of men supported by female breadwinners

Innovationen vom Tellerrand: Die Rolle von Unternehmensgründerinnen in der Ökonomie nachhaltigen Wirtschaftens

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