Women and family firms: a state of the art literature review

Sentuti, Annalisa; Cesaroni, Francesca Maria; Cubico, Serena

doi:10.4337/9781789903980.00011

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“…Third, this paper sheds light on the overlooked topic of succession in women-owned family firms. Typically, family business succession unfolds from father to son or (more rarely) to daughter (Jimenez, 2009; Sentuti et al , 2019). Women, especially mothers, have often been described as crucial but invisible actors not directly involved in succession (Gillis-Donovan and Moynihan-Bradt, 1990), as mediators in managing conflicts between the incumbent and successor (Hollander and Bukowitz, 1990) or as the “emotional leader” responsible for maintaining peace and harmony in the family and the firm and transmitting family and business values to the children (Jimenez, 2009, p. 55).…”

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“…Fruitful future research could focus on women entrepreneurs–incumbents. As the number of companies founded and led by women is rapidly growing in many countries, succession from mother to offspring is becoming an extremely relevant topic and should also be considered an important direction for future research (Sentuti et al , 2019) in the field of entrepreneurial identity studies. Finally, two possible processes of change in the interaction among multiple identities were identified.…”

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Fading and transformation: how a woman entrepreneur's multiple identities interact throughout her life

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Sentuti

Pediconi

2021

IJEBR

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PurposeThis paper aims to further the understanding of women entrepreneurs' multiple identities by exploring how they interact throughout women's life cycles.Design/methodology/approachThis article combines a case study and a narrative analysis to investigate the experience of a woman who founded a business and retired after passing it on to her son. Data were collected by combining two different methods: biographical interview and follow-up interviews or conversations.FindingsFindings show that interactions between a woman entrepreneur's multiple identities may evolve through two main processes of change: transformation and fading. In the transformation process, adverse interactions between identities turn into synergistic and fruitful relationships. In the fading process, conflicts between identities gradually disappear, giving way to peaceful coexistence. Women's agency proves paramount in making these processes possible and helping her achieve personal and professional fulfillment.Originality/valueIn prior studies, women entrepreneurs have mostly been observed at a specific time or stage in their life and entrepreneurial experience. This paper responds to the call for the adoption of a dynamic perspective in the analysis of interactions among a woman entrepreneur's multiple identities so as to show how they may evolve during her entrepreneurial experience.

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Fading and transformation: how a woman entrepreneur's multiple identities interact throughout her life

Cesaroni

Sentuti

Pediconi

2021

IJEBR

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“…First, women's involvement in family businesses (Maseda et al. , 2022; Sentuti et al. , 2019; Campopiano et al.…”

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“…Similarly, Sentuti et al. (2019) analyzed 81 studies from 2000 to 2017 in their research, which aimed to explore the literature on women's involvement in family businesses.…”

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Women entrepreneurship in family business: dominant topics and future research trends

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Kryeziu²,

Kurutkan

et al. 2022

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PurposeThis article examines the dominant research topics that guide the literature on women's entrepreneurship in family businesses.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used performance and scientific network mapping analyses from bibliometric techniques. Performance analysis was used to identify the most influential journals, authors, countries, co-citation, multidimensional scaling (MDS), hierarchical cluster (HCA) and document analysis to identify dominant research themes.FindingsThe research results show that studies on women's entrepreneurship in family businesses are gathered in three clusters. The studies in the first cluster focused on family succession and women's roles. The themes of the succession process, gender bias, leadership and entrepreneurship in the second cluster are intense. Finally, in the third cluster, the themes of women leaders and identity construction dominate.Research limitations/implicationsFirst, new conceptualizations of female entrepreneurship from family businesses emerge over time (example: “fementerpreneur”); accepting and using these words takes time. For this reason, the authors may have missed the newly emerged concepts in the field of family businesses in the search strategy. Second, although MDS results are widely used in bibliometric research, other forms of MDS analysis may reveal different groups and clusters. Finally, bibliometric analysis is based more on retrospective and dominant themes in the most cited articles, with a heavy emphasis on the most cited papers. Hence, new articles and contributions can be equally important.Originality/valuePrevious studies have not examined the subject of women's entrepreneurship in family businesses. By addressing this issue and setting the agenda for future research, the authors contribute to the literature on women's entrepreneurship in family businesses.

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Daughter Entrepreneurs Between Birth Family and Gender Stereotypes

Sentuti

Pediconi

2020

Gender Studies, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital

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Women and family firms: a state of the art literature review

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Fading and transformation: how a woman entrepreneur's multiple identities interact throughout her life

Fading and transformation: how a woman entrepreneur's multiple identities interact throughout her life

Women entrepreneurship in family business: dominant topics and future research trends

Daughter Entrepreneurs Between Birth Family and Gender Stereotypes

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