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Women entrepreneurs and work-family conflict: an analysis of the antecedents

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  • Sara Poggesi

    (Tor Vergata University)

  • Michela Mari

    (Tor Vergata University)

  • Luisa Vita

    (Sapienza University of Rome)

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Over the years, academic attention towards work-family conflict (WFC) issues has been constantly growing due to the socio-economic changes occurring in society. In line with this, great effort has been devoted to investigating WFC experienced by employees, while still almost untapped is the conversation with reference to women entrepreneurs. Moreover, the few studies that deal with women entrepreneurs’ WFC have mainly analysed its negative consequences rather than its predictors. Thus, this study aims to fill such research gap by analysing women entrepreneurs’ WFC antecedents. Based on the bidimensional conceptualization of WFC, distinguishing between work interference with family (WIF) and family interference with work (FIW), this study verifies an expanded model of the WFC which takes into consideration either the within-domain effects or the cross-domain effects of work and family stressors on WIF and FIW experienced by women entrepreneurs. In doing so, an analysis based on data from 669 women entrepreneurs has been conducted. Results show that both within-domain relationships and cross-domain relationships play a key role in explaining the WFC experienced by women entrepreneurs.

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  • Sara Poggesi & Michela Mari & Luisa Vita, 2019. "Women entrepreneurs and work-family conflict: an analysis of the antecedents," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 15(2), pages 431-454, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:intemj:v:15:y:2019:i:2:d:10.1007_s11365-017-0484-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s11365-017-0484-1
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