Vying for and forgoing visibility: female next gen leaders in family business with male successors
Brophy, MartinaORCID: 0000-0002-9806-2976, McAdam, MauraORCID: 0000-0003-2203-5485 and Clinton, EricORCID: 0000-0002-3888-8194
(2023)
Vying for and forgoing visibility: female next gen leaders in family business with male successors.
International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 15
(4).
pp. 364-387.
ISSN 1756-6266
The purpose of this paper is to examine the identity work undertaken by female next generation to navigate (in)visibility in family businesses with male successors. To enhance understanding of gendered identity work in family businesses, we offer important insights into how female next generation use (in)visibility to establish legitimacy and exercise power and humility in partnership with male next generation in their family business.