Women’s informal entrepreneurship through the lens of institutional voids and institutional logics
Women’s informal entrepreneurship through the lens of institutional voids and institutional logics
In this conceptual paper, we respond to the calls for broader theoretical approaches that can coherently demonstrate a high degree of conceptual sensitivity to multiple combinations of institutional factors influencing women's informal entrepreneurship (WIE) and related agency. We do so by integrating constructs of gender and gender inequality with those of institutional logics and institutional voids. We find that a refined understanding of institutional voids is required to pave the way for a meaningful theoretical integration and empirical application of the related conceptualizations. We offer such a revised definition by placing formal and informal logics (rather than institutions) at the heart of it. In our theorizing, we propose that gender interplaying with formal and informal institutional logics create varying degrees of obscure and unique institutional voids that shape WIE prevalence. The proposed harmonized theoretical lens provides researchers with flexible yet consistent guidance for conducting context-specific empirical work that can coherently advance understanding of underlying logics shaping WIE and related agency.
gender, institutional logics, institutional voids, women's informal entrepreneurship
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Ejaz, Lalarukh
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Grinevich, Vadim
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Karatas-Ozkan, Mine
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July 2023
Ejaz, Lalarukh
8437ac96-56e0-432a-ba25-893235d3a437
Grinevich, Vadim
278ee424-e2bd-4df1-9844-e9f7563e3186
Karatas-Ozkan, Mine
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Ejaz, Lalarukh, Grinevich, Vadim and Karatas-Ozkan, Mine
(2023)
Women’s informal entrepreneurship through the lens of institutional voids and institutional logics.
Gender, Work & Organization, 30 (4), .
(doi:10.1111/gwao.12968).
Abstract
In this conceptual paper, we respond to the calls for broader theoretical approaches that can coherently demonstrate a high degree of conceptual sensitivity to multiple combinations of institutional factors influencing women's informal entrepreneurship (WIE) and related agency. We do so by integrating constructs of gender and gender inequality with those of institutional logics and institutional voids. We find that a refined understanding of institutional voids is required to pave the way for a meaningful theoretical integration and empirical application of the related conceptualizations. We offer such a revised definition by placing formal and informal logics (rather than institutions) at the heart of it. In our theorizing, we propose that gender interplaying with formal and informal institutional logics create varying degrees of obscure and unique institutional voids that shape WIE prevalence. The proposed harmonized theoretical lens provides researchers with flexible yet consistent guidance for conducting context-specific empirical work that can coherently advance understanding of underlying logics shaping WIE and related agency.
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gender, institutional logics, institutional voids, women's informal entrepreneurship
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