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Female Entrepreneurship and the Metanarrative of Economic Growth: A Critical Review of Underlying Assumptions (2017)
Journal Article
Dean, H., Larsen, G., Ford, J., & Akram, M. (2019). Female Entrepreneurship and the Metanarrative of Economic Growth: A Critical Review of Underlying Assumptions. International Journal of Management Reviews, 21(1), 24-49. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12173

This critical review of the literature on female entrepreneurship problematizes the metanarrative of economic growth and the mechanisms through which it both operates and is maintained. Central to this is the axiomatic ‘underperformance hypothesis’,... Read More about Female Entrepreneurship and the Metanarrative of Economic Growth: A Critical Review of Underlying Assumptions.

Discourses of entrepreneurial leadership: Exposing myths and exploring new approaches (2017)
Journal Article
Dean, H., & Ford, J. (2017). Discourses of entrepreneurial leadership: Exposing myths and exploring new approaches. International Small Business Journal, 35(2), 178-196. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242616668389

This article explores gender and entrepreneurial leadership, notably the meanings female entrepreneurs ascribe to notions of entrepreneurial leadership. Drawing from interviews with female business owners, the article questions the dominant hegemonic... Read More about Discourses of entrepreneurial leadership: Exposing myths and exploring new approaches.