“What is your secret sauce to win?” – gender performance at entrepreneurial pitching

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 16(2), P. 138 - 163

Published: Sept. 21, 2023

Purpose This study aims to explore gender performance in entrepreneurial pitching. Understanding pitching as a social practice, the authors argue that pitch content and body gestures contain gender-based norms practices. The focus on early-stage ventures hegemonic masculinities femininities are performed pitches. main research question is follows: How pitching? Design/methodology/approach carried out with post-structuralist feminist approach. collected analyzed nine online pitches reflexive thematic method depict at pitch. Findings found heroic breadwinner dominant Both male female founders perform masculinities. Entrepreneurs expected be assertive but empathetic people. Finally, there connections between what entrepreneurs do investors ask, indicating iteration of expectations. Research limitations/implications While setting helps collect data during pandemic, it limits observation place, space interactions judges/investors entrepreneurs. As result, linguistic gesture communication was not discussed full-length this paper. Also, observed, people would come knowing they should how interact. Therefore, preparation context could provide rich details stereotypes influence people's their identity. Lastly, has methodological limitation. did include aspects analysis. It mainly due variety settings sessions set had. Practical implications For practices policies, results indicate barriers finance for women Women rewarded when touch emphasized femininities. Eventually, if correctly expect them to, will face acquiring finance. important acknowledge certain gendered biases might (re)constructed (re)produced through activities, which one them. Social Practitioners utilize findings understand exist only stage also before after pitch, such choice business idea training. In other words, necessary create more enabling environment entrepreneurs, customizing accelerator program so all ideas receive relevant support from experts. On macro level, shown seemingly gender-equal societies practically translate into higher participation entrepreneurship. Originality/value theoretical contributions, enhances discussion entrepreneurship gendered; men need traits legitimated founders. address various shape by including both textual semiotic study. provides awareness design

Language: Английский

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Becoming upbeat: Learning the affecto-rhythmic order of organizational practices

Human Relations, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 73(9), P. 1308 - 1330

Published: Oct. 16, 2019

How is it that some organizational practices flow like clockwork and may even energize us but others seem to be stuck in the mud diminish our capacity act? In order understand this, we develop a concept of affecto-rhythmic captures how rhythms affects interrelate practices. Adopting sociomaterial practice perspective, ethnographic study Nordic startup accelerator demonstrates participants learn embody contextual upbeat this enhances their individual collective engage with fast-paced development business ideas sales pitching skills relevant setting. As contribution, theorizes empirically illustrates entangled nature practices, provides novel insights into inter-corporeal learning regulative shows affective ethnography can help scholars examine affect write about research.

Language: Английский

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‘Start with a bold statement’ – gendered displays of confidence in entrepreneurial pitching

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 18

Published: Jan. 7, 2025

Existing research highlights the confident, heroic founder figure as a gendered norm in entrepreneurship. Moreover, confident behaviours and powerful speeches have been presented key factors delivering successful pitches. This study applies dramaturgical approach to explore how pitch-training sessions backstage context reinforce ways of displaying confidence different entrepreneurial actors engage with norms concerning confidence. Empirical data were drawn from 18 interviews nascent entrepreneurs, pitching coaches, accelerator organizers underpinned by 132 pages observation notes. A constructivist grounded theory analysis produced results revealing that: 1) is strongly aligned being bold assertive; 2) gender shapes perceptions confidence, pressuring women conform norms; 3) although important, experienced entrepreneurs perceive overconfidence negatively. Furthermore, display manifests routinized practices interactions among actors. contributes entrepreneurship on use approach, particularly perspective. offers practical insights for actors, encouraging greater awareness activities might performances.

Language: Английский

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The ever-evolving relationship between technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship: Current state and future research needs

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 124059 - 124059

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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From sites to vibes: Technology and the spatial production of coworking spaces

Information and Organization, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 31(4), P. 100353 - 100353

Published: Aug. 28, 2021

Language: Английский

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‘Being a professional is not the same as acting professionally’—How digital technologies have empowered the creation and enactment of a new professional identity in law

Journal of Professions and Organization, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10(2), P. 99 - 119

Published: June 1, 2023

Abstract This paper shows that digital technologies have empowered new work practices and identity in the setting of legal profession five different countries. Using qualitative data from 33 interviews with tech lawyers, supported by workplace conference observations photographs, we analyse how lawyers use social material attributes to craft enact a identity. is distinctly established professional showing see, express, themselves as professionals broader sense, rather than identifying traditional law. explains technology has functioned an enabler for them this identity, much influenced how, where, when their done. The supports extends sociomaterial approach understanding implications transformation potential looking into development identities transformation.

Language: Английский

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Outlining startup culture as a global form

Journal of Cultural Economy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 16(6), P. 812 - 828

Published: June 29, 2023

Startup entrepreneurship, understood as innovative venture creation and development, has gained a strong momentum under current capitalism, startup cultures are being developed all over the globe. In this article, I examine culture global form investigate relationship between Silicon Valley – often seen cradle of technology entrepreneurship local manifestations culture. argue that is an ambivalent, emblematic schema for construction cultures. Therefore, draw attention to shared features by conceptualizing notion in threefold manner. Firstly, conceive governance, which dub entrepreneurialism. Secondly, discuss cultural circuit digital capitalism. Thirdly, explore distinct economic activity characterized symbiosis capital growth companies. Drawing together, find best instantiation privileged contemporary capitalist production.

Language: Английский

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Identity is a matter of place: intersectional identities of Romanian women migrant entrepreneurs on the Eastern-Western European route

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 31, 2023

Purpose Romanian women migrant entrepreneurs (RWMEs) are amongst the largest EU communities in UK and make significant socioeconomic contributions to both their host origin nations, but academic research policy discussions have ignored them. Intersectionality raises complex contextual issues that require comprehensive examination inclusive policies programmes. This study is aimed at exploring how experience transnational intersectional journeys of belonging, as they create, negotiate enact identities country origin, gender being Romania. Design/methodology/approach Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) draws on upon Crenshaw's (1991) Social Identity theories (Tajfel Turner, 1979) investigate nine interviewed RWMEs experienced acculturative belonging Findings The findings show undo intersecting adhere socio-cultural standards native nations. In UK, feel empowered entrepreneurs, patriarchal Romania, entrepreneurial identity revoked, contradicting prescribed roles. Research limitations/implications responds call regarding inequalities entrepreneurship opportunities (Vershinina et al ., 2022). By focussing understudied community new insights, it contributes literature practice entrepreneurship. These empirical essential for development evidence-based, disaggregated programmes policies. Originality/value

Language: Английский

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Posthuman feminism and feminist new materialism: towards an ethico-onto-epistemology in research practices

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 55 - 71

Published: Nov. 7, 2023

Following the principles of post-humanism ("post" to humanist universalism "Man") and post-anthropocentrism exceptionalism human species), by conflating them into concept ethico-onto-epistemology, we explore how posthumanist feminism may inform research in management organisation studies (MOS). We propose conceiving posthuman as a politics knowledge that requires significant departure from human-centred methods account for interconnections always populate practices processes knowing, being, doing. Grounding our chapter posthumanism post-qualitative feminist research, concepts matter/mattering, decentring subject, becoming within agencement, affecting/being affected. show they make one another while inspiring four methodologies: diffraction, cartography, affective ethnography. conclude pointing out can contribute change apparatus production MOS through response-able practices.

Language: Английский

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Viewing entrepreneurship “in motion”: Exploring current uses and future possibilities of video-based entrepreneurship research

Journal of Small Business Management, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 59(5), P. 976 - 1011

Published: Feb. 24, 2021

(2021). Viewing entrepreneurship "in motion": Exploring current uses and future possibilities of video-based research. Journal Small Business Management: Vol. 59, Qualitative Methods, pp. 976-1011.

Language: Английский

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