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A Gender Perspective on Entrepreneurial Leadership: Female Leaders in Kazakhstan
Author(s) -
Kakabadse Nada K.,
Tatli Ahu,
Nicolopoulou Katerina,
Tankibayeva Aliya,
Mouraviev Nikolai
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european management review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.784
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1740-4762
pISSN - 1740-4754
DOI - 10.1111/emre.12125
Subject(s) - conceptualization , perspective (graphical) , perception , entrepreneurship , context (archaeology) , shared leadership , public relations , cross cultural leadership , leadership studies , leadership style , neuroleadership , transactional leadership , sociology , entrepreneurial leadership , servant leadership , psychology , political science , computer science , paleontology , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , law , biology
The paper proposes a conceptual model to understand female entrepreneurial leadership through an exploration of the perceptions and experiences of women entrepreneurs within their leadership roles. The paper addresses an existing knowledge gap on entrepreneurial leadership by bringing together three key constructs of gender, leadership and entrepreneurship. We apply Stewart's model of role demands‐constraints‐choices (DCC) to women entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan in order to understand their perceptions of the demands, constraints and choices they experience within their leadership roles. The results of in‐depth interviews with women entrepreneurs present deeper conceptualization of their leadership enactment as a co‐developing, co‐constructed relational activity between leaders and others in their wider business environments and context.