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'Embrace the masculine; attenuate the feminine': gender, identity work and entrepreneurial legitimation in the nascent context (2017)
Journal Article
Swail, J., & Marlow, S. (in press). 'Embrace the masculine; attenuate the feminine': gender, identity work and entrepreneurial legitimation in the nascent context. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 30(1-2), https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2017.1406539

This paper critically analyses how gender bias impacts upon women’s efforts to legitimate nascent ventures. Given the importance of founder identity as a proxy for entrepreneurial legitimacy at nascency, we explore the identity work women undertake w... Read More about 'Embrace the masculine; attenuate the feminine': gender, identity work and entrepreneurial legitimation in the nascent context.

Annual review article: Is it time to rethink the gender agenda in entrepreneurship research? (2017)
Journal Article
Marlow, S., & Martinez Dy, M. (in press). Annual review article: Is it time to rethink the gender agenda in entrepreneurship research?. International Small Business Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242617738321

This article develops a critique of contemporary approaches to analysing the impact of gender upon entrepreneurial propensity and activity. Since the 1990s, increasing attention has been afforded to the influence of gender upon women’s entrepreneuria... Read More about Annual review article: Is it time to rethink the gender agenda in entrepreneurship research?.

Advancing gendered analyses of entrepreneurship: a critical exploration of entrepreneurial activity among gay men and lesbian women (2017)
Journal Article
Marlow, S., Greene, F. J., & Coad, A. (2018). Advancing gendered analyses of entrepreneurship: a critical exploration of entrepreneurial activity among gay men and lesbian women. British Journal of Management, 29(1), 118-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12221

This paper advances contemporary gendered analyses of entrepreneurial activity by exploring self-employment amongst gay men and lesbian women. Within current entrepreneurial debate, heterosexual women have become the visible embodiment of the gendere... Read More about Advancing gendered analyses of entrepreneurship: a critical exploration of entrepreneurial activity among gay men and lesbian women.