Female Enterprise in the New Economy /

Female Enterprise in the New Economy / / Karen Hughes.

The rise of women's self-employment and small business ownership has received a great deal of attention in North America and industrialized countries around the world. In Female Enterprise in the New Economy, Karen D. Hughes examines whether an increasingly entrepreneurial economy offers women...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Hughes, Karen,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2006
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Researching Women in the Entrepreneurial Economy
  • 3. Women's Paths into Self-Employment and Small Business
  • 4. 'I Love What I Do!' Job Satisfaction and the Creation of Meaningful Work
  • 5. Players or Paupers? Income, Job Security, and the Negotiation of Risk
  • 6. Building an Entrepreneurial Economy
  • 7. Conclusions
  • Appendix 1: Interview Schedule
  • Appendix 2: Summary Sheet
  • Appendix 3: Interview Participants and Individuals/Organizations Assisting with Recruitment
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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