Managing Our Margins: Women Entrepreneurs in the Suburbs

ISBN-13: 9780815339922 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 186 str.

Kimberly A. Reed

Opis

Managing Our Margins is a qualitatitve study of middle class women who own small firms. Building upon the knowledge and confidence they gained through employment and the development of careers in business, many women seek to achieve greater control over their working lives by making a transition to entrepreneurship. However, they must negotiate gender norms and gender-related expectations in both business and personal relationships when they become independent dealmakers.

Spis treści

1.Introduction; 2. The Emergence of the Woman Entrepreneur in Suburbia; 3. Exchanging Selves: Out of the Executive Suite or White Collar Work; 4. Negotiating Business: Contacts and Contracts; 5. Social Establishment and Local Associations; 6. Family and Household Support; 7. Managing Employees in Small Firms; 8. Political Issues and the Outlook of Women Owners; 9. Changing Boundaries of Participation: The Future of Women Entrepreneurs

O autorze

Kimberly A. Reed is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at LeMoyne College