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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Homosexuality and Entrepreneurship : Implications of Gay Identity for the Venture-Creation Experience
:
Implications of Gay Identity for the Venture-Creation Experience
Erschienen in:
The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 6 (2005) 1, Seite 27-40
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.5367/0000000053026374
ISSN:
1465-7503;
2043-6882
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Beschreibung:
Attempts to understand the heterogeneous nature of the population of entrepreneurs are relatively few in number, and focus largely on gender, race, ethnicity, age and educational differences. The experiences of many other key cohorts have been ignored, including those of gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) individuals. This paper examines the concept of ‘gay identity’ within an entrepreneurial context, and investigates underlying patterns in the structure of the GLB entrepreneurial community. Results are reported of a cross-sectional survey targeted at a sample of GLB entrepreneurs. The study represents the first national sample of these entrepreneurs. Overall trends are identified in the motives, attitudes, perceptions and management practices of GLB entrepreneurs. Cluster analysis is then employed to identify and characterize two distinct subgroups of GLB entrepreneurs, labelled ‘identifiers’ and ‘independents’. A number of theoretical and managerial implications are drawn from the findings.