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Women’s Informal Entrepreneurship through the Lens of Institutional Voids and Institutional Logics

Ejaz, L.
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Karatas-Ozkan, M.
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2023-07
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Research Development Fund Publication Prize Award, Gender, Institutional logics, Institutional voids, Women's informal entrepreneurship
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(c) 2023 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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20/01/2023
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Abstract
In this conceptual paper, we respond to the calls for broader theoretical approaches that can coherently demonstrate a high degree of conceptual sensitivity to multiple combinations of institutional factors influencing women's informal entrepreneurship (WIE) and related agency. We do so by integrating constructs of gender and gender inequality with those of institutional logics and institutional voids. We find that a refined understanding of institutional voids is required to pave the way for a meaningful theoretical integration and empirical application of the related conceptualizations. We offer such a revised definition by placing formal and informal logics (rather than institutions) at the heart of it. In our theorizing, we propose that gender interplaying with formal and informal institutional logics create varying degrees of obscure and unique institutional voids that shape WIE prevalence. The proposed harmonized theoretical lens provides researchers with flexible yet consistent guidance for conducting context-specific empirical work that can coherently advance understanding of underlying logics shaping WIE and related agency.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10454/19356
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Ejaz L, Grinevich V and Karatas-Ozkan M (2023) Women’s Informal Entrepreneurship through the Lens of Institutional Voids and Institutional Logics. Gender, Work and Organization. 30(4): 1254-1272.
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https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12968
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Research Development Fund Publication Prize Award winner, Jan 2023.