Entrepreneurship in China’s Greater Bay Area - a gender perspective

Nowak, Martyna

doi:10.17512/pjms.2020.22.2.22

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Entrepreneurship in China’s Greater Bay Area - a gender perspective

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Nowak Martyna

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10.17512/pjms.2020.22.2.22

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Przedsiębiorczość w GBA w Chinach - perspektywa płci

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As China started its transition from centrally planned to the market economy, entrepreneurship has become one of the major forces for its economic development. However, there is still a significant research gap in the area of female entrepreneurship in China and its correlation with gender inequalities. The shift to the neo-liberalism and promotion of the self-reliance of the individual led to the reinforcement of the traditional gender norms, which affected not only female entrepreneurs, but women in general. Such a context deserves a more in-depth analysis and attention. Applying the method of the semistructured in-depth interviews, this study, conducted with female business leaders of the Greater Bay Area (GBA), focuses on the ways in which the dominant discourses of both entrepreneurial ‘ideal’ and gender roles are internalised and reinforced, shaping women’s experience and opportunities as entrepreneurs and managers of their businesses. It’s findings suggest that despite the fact that economic growth of China continues, the situation for female entrepreneurs is likely not to improve as they are still constrained by their role of primary carer and the traditional gender norms which contradict with their leadership and management positions.

Kiedy Chiny rozpoczęły przechodzenie od gospodarki planowanej centralnie do gospodarki rynkowej, przedsiębiorczość stała się jedną z głównych sił napędowych ich rozwoju gospodarczego. Jednak nadal istnieje znaczna luka badawcza w obszarze przedsiębiorczości kobiet w Chinach i jej korelacji z nierównościami płci. Przejście do neoliberalizmu i promowanie samodzielności jednostki doprowadziło do wzmocnienia tradycyjnych norm dotyczących płci, co dotknęło nie tylko kobiety przedsiębiorcze, ale ogólnie kobiety. Taki kontekst zasługuje na głębszą analizę i uwagę. Wykorzystując metodę częściowo ustrukturyzowanych wywiadów pogłębionych, badanie to, przeprowadzone z kobietami liderami biznesu z obszaru Greater Bay Area (GBA), koncentruje się na sposobach internalizacji dominujących dyskursów zarówno ról przedsiębiorczych, jak i ról płciowych. oraz wzmocnione, kształtowanie doświadczenia i możliwości kobiet jako przedsiębiorców i kierowników swoich przedsiębiorstw. Wyniki sugerują, że pomimo utrzymującego się wzrostu gospodarczego w Chinach, sytuacja kobiet-przedsiębiorców prawdopodobnie nie ulegnie poprawie, ponieważ nadal ogranicza je pełniona przez nie rola głównej opiekunki oraz tradycyjne normy dotyczące płci, które są sprzeczne z ich kierownictwem i stanowiskami kierowniczymi.

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female entrepreneurship China Greater Bay Area Gender Gender inequality

przedsiębiorczość kobiet Chiny Greater Bay Area płeć nierówność płci

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Czestochowa University of Technology

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Polish Journal of Management Studies

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2020

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Vol. 22, No. 2

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324--343

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Bibliogr. 84 poz.

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Nowak Martyna

martyna.nowak85@gmail.com

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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