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20 - The Psychology of Women in Entrepreneurship

An International Perspective

from Section 4 - Work and Family Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2020

By
Elsa T. Chan ,
Pok Man Tang  and
Shihui Chen
Edited by
Fanny M. Cheung  and
Diane F. Halpern
Fanny M. Cheung
Affiliation:
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Diane F. Halpern
Affiliation:
Claremont McKenna College, California
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This chapter examines the psychology of women in entrepreneurship and reviews research from Western and non-Western perspectives. As more women are attracted to engaging in entrepreneurship worldwide, understanding this phenomenon would be of academic and practical relevance. In particular, we focus on discussing some of the stereotypes and characteristics associated with entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial intentions and motivations, and the challenges of gathering financial resources. In the final part of the chapter, we propose several future research directions. There are numerous opportunities to increase our knowledge on women’s entrepreneurship from a psychological and cross-cultural perspective.

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Entrepreneurshippsychologygendergender stereotypesentrepreneurial financeentrepreneurial intentionentrepreneur characteristicsentrepreneur motivationfundingfemale entrepreneurinternational
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The Cambridge Handbook of the International Psychology of Women , pp. 289 - 299
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Elsa T. Chan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at City University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include entrepreneurship, leadership, and race and diversity. Chen was born in Hong Kong and received her undergraduate degree at the University of Hong Kong. She obtained her MSc in Occupational Psychology from University of Nottingham, UK, and her PhD in Management and Entrepreneurship from Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Pok Man Tang is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Management at Texas A&M University. His research interests include behavioral ethics, emotions, proactivity, leadership, and social entrepreneurship. He was born in Hong Kong where he studied for his BA and MPhil in Business at the Lingnan University in Hong Kong. His work has appeared in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and The Leadership Quarterly.

Shihui Chen is a Lecturer in the School of Business, Ningbo University, China. She was born in China and obtained her PhD from Zhejiang University. During her doctoral studies, she was a visiting scholar at University of Strathclyde in Scotland for one year in 2014. Her primary research interests include female leadership, family firm heterogeneity, and entrepreneurship. Her work has appeared in Asia Pacific Journal of Management, and Science Research Management (in Chinese).

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