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Here are details of this edited volume:
Indian Women as Entrepreneurs: An Exploration of Self-Identity
Edited by Payal Kumar
About the book
This edited collection explores the ways in which entrepreneurship acts to shape self-identity for Indian women and validate their identities in a patriarchal society. Differing from existing literature which largely focuses on either the antecedents of entrepreneurship for women, or on their performing outcomes, Indian Women as Entrepreneurs questions whether entrepreneurship is simply about exploiting a business opportunity for profitability. Asserting that both work and societal environments have an impact on an entrepreneur's self-identity, this book demonstrates ways in which self-concept influences the entrepreneur's relationship with her work in terms of motivation, effort and performance. Building on Unveiling Women's Leadership, this book provides an original and important contribution to the literature on entrepreneurial Indian women.
PART ONE: THE INDIAN NARRATIVE
Chapter 1: Interplay between individual and shared identities of woman entrepreneurs in Manipur - Bisoya Loitongbam & Priyatam Anurag
Chapter 2: The complex hues of entrepreneurial identity amongst women owning accounting firms -Sujana Adapa and Alison Sheridan
Chapter 3: Intrinsic rewards of the transition from home-maker to entrepreneur – P Meenakshi
Chapter 4: Do women turn to entrepreneurship to maintain a better work-life balance? - Bala Subramanian R. and Sachin Kumar
Chapter 5: Entrepreneurship among rural Indian women: empowerment through enterprise - Ambika Prasad
Chapter 6: Leadership style of Indian women in the context of the GLOBE cultural framework - Louise Kelly
PART TWO: THE DIASPORA NARRATIVE
Chapter 7: Understanding the gendered identity role of skilled female entrepreneurs amongst the Indian diaspora in Europe - Neha Chatwani
Chapter 8: The gender, racio-ethnic and professional identity work of an Indian woman entrepreneur in South Africa - Nasima M. H. Carrim
PART THREE: CASE STUDIES
Chapter 9: Case Study 1: Entrepreneurship as a vehicle to prove my worth - Prathibha Sastry
Chapter 10: Case Study 2: How working in a collective boosts self-esteem and choicemaking propensity in women - Simran Anand
Chapter 11: Case Study 3: It's my business: Personal evolution and assertion of identity - Sonavi Desai
Hardback 9781137602589
http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137602589#aboutBook
http://www.amazon.in/Indian-Women-Entrepreneurs-Exploration-Identity/dp/1137602589