Login (DCU Staff Only)
Login (DCU Staff Only)

DORAS | DCU Research Repository

Explore open access research and scholarly works from DCU

Advanced Search

Online communities and entrepreneuring mothers: practices of building, being and belonging

Vershinina, Natalia orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-7281-1043, Phillips, Nichola orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-9723-8327 and McAdam, Maura orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2203-5485 (2022) Online communities and entrepreneuring mothers: practices of building, being and belonging. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 34 (7/8). pp. 742-764. ISSN 0898-5626

Abstract
Informed by contributions of Professor Alistair Anderson to social perspective of entrepreneurship, rooted in the relations and social capital, this article examines how members of an online community collectively interpret and negotiate the challenges of pursuing entrepreneurship alongside parenthood. Article adopts a multi-staged research design, incorporating netnography, participant observation, and qualitative semi-structured interviews. The analysis reveals the critical role of networking in how entrepreneuring women construct and maintain community connections and distinguishes between three dimensions of community engagement: Building, Being and Belonging. Drawing on communities of practice as an analytical lens, we offer new insights into the form and function of communal entrepreneurial practices facilitated by the digital environment.
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Entrepreneurship; motherhood; online communities; communities of practice; gender
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2022.2083692
Copyright Information:© 2022 Taylor & Francis
ID Code:28186
Deposited On:21 Mar 2023 16:23 by Maura Mcadam . Last Modified 21 Mar 2023 16:23
Documents

Full text available as:

[thumbnail of ERD  Online communities and mothers entrepreneurs Final.pdf]
Preview
PDF - Requires a PDF viewer such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader
Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0
748kB
Downloads

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

Archive Staff Only: edit this record