Female Enterprise in the New Economy.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 Introduction -- Economic Restructuring and the 'New' Canadian Economy -- Women's Self-Employment and Small Business Ownership (SE/SBO) -- Book Outline -- 2 Researching Women in the Entrepreneurial Economy -- Data Sources -- Study Details -- Introducing the Women -- Terminology: Self-Employed, Small Business Owners, and Entrepreneurs -- 3 Women's Paths into Self-Employment and Small Business -- What Fuels Self-Employment and Small Business Ownership? -- Rethinking the Push-Pull Debate -- Women's Education and Work Histories -- Women's Past Experience with Business Ownership -- Reasons for Becoming Self-Employed -- Understanding Pull Factors -- From Pull to Push -- Conclusion -- 4 'I Love What I Do!' Job Satisfaction and the Creation of Meaningful Work -- 'I Do Everything': Daily Work and Rhythms -- 'I Just Come in and Live Here!': Working Hours -- Job Satisfaction: Canadian and International Trends -- Job Satisfaction and Job Quality: Sharpening the Picture -- Excavating Job Satisfaction: The Study -- Exploring Differences in Job Satisfaction -- Conclusions -- 5 Players or Paupers? Income, Job Security, and the Negotiation of Risk -- Economic Polarization, Self-Employment, and Small Business Ownership -- The Current Picture: National Trends -- Income and Economic Security: The Study -- Exploring Differences in Income and Economic Security -- Conclusions -- 6 Building an Entrepreneurial Economy -- Business Start-up, Expansion, and Growth -- Women's Attitudes Towards Business Growth: The Study -- Training for an Entrepreneurial Economy -- 'Policy Limbo' and the 'Do It Yourself Safety Net' -- Conclusions -- 7 Conclusions -- APPENDIX 1: INTERVIEW SCHEDULE -- APPENDIX 2: SUMMARY SHEET -- APPENDIX 3: INTERVIEW PARTICIPANTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E.

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Tackling a range of issues and theoretical assumptions, Female Enterprise in the New Economywill be of interest to a wide audience in sociology, organizational studies, entrepreneurship studies, public policy, political economy, and women's studies.

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