The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Contexts. Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research

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Pospíšilová, Marie
Cultural repertoires of the division of labour market and family responsibilities between Slovak entrepreneurial couples and their gendered nature.
The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Contexts. Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018 - (Hytti, U.; Blackburn, R.; Tegtmeier, S.), s. 76-97. ISBN 978-1-78811-098-3
Grant CEP: GA ČR GA15-13766S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378025
Klíčová slova: copreneurship * Slovak Republic * gender
Obor OECD: Sociology

The article is based on the contemporary trend in entrepreneurship research, which stresses context. We deal primarily with the family embeddedness of entrepreneurship, which is easily studied in the case of copreneurial couples, where the link is the tightest. In our article we use the term copreneurs as “romantic” partners involved in the same business. The degree of involvement in the same business is self-defined. In our opinion, this approach is most suited to describing invisible and unofficial roles –it is mostly women who are engaged in business in invisible positions.
The article studies the area of division of responsibilities and roles between work and family spheres. We specifically study discursive practices concerning the division of tasks at home and at work, paying close attention to how those practices are gendered and embedded in cultural settings. Specifically we tried to answer our research question: in what ways do copreneurs utilize specific cultural repertoires in talking about the division of labour in the home and work sphere, and what repertoires, components and tools they choose and what positions the individuals hold in the business and family based on these repertoires.
The research reveals five repertoires: traditional, competence-based, responsibility, collective and function-based. It becomes apparent that the repertoires are strongly embedded in the traditional division of roles in Slovakian society. We show the specificity of the Slovakian context as post-socialist country. The research unveils the (also gendered) nature of the element of romantic relationship (partnership), which is specific to copreneurial couples and may justify the gender division as well as compensate for it.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0283533