Meliou, Elina, Mallett, Oliver and Rosenberg, Shoshanna (2019). Being a Self-Employed Older Woman: From Discrimination to Activism. Work, Employment and Society, 33 (3), pp. 529-538.
Abstract
This article presents an autobiographical account of an older woman’s lived experience of self-employment. Little is known about women who experience ongoing self-employment into their 50s and beyond. Shoshanna’s personal narrative describes her experiences and the challenges she has faced as she reflects upon her attempts to grow and sustain her business and the implications of ageism and gender inequality in laying a claim to entrepreneurship. The narrative proceeds to reflect on her activist work, as it is constructed through the creation of a social enterprise to support older people. Shoshanna’s narrative provides valuable insights into the intersection of age and gender in self-employment moving from discrimination to active support.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017018800235 |
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Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Work & Organisational Psychology College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School |
Additional Information: | © Sage 2018. The final publication is available via Sage at http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017018800235 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ageism,gender,late career,self-employment,social enterprise,technology,women entrepreneurs,Accounting,Sociology and Political Science,Economics and Econometrics,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management |
Publication ISSN: | 1469-8722 |
Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2024 08:29 |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jul 2019 10:19 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2019-06-01 |
Published Online Date: | 2018-11-13 |
Accepted Date: | 2018-11-01 |
Authors: |
Meliou, Elina
(![]() Mallett, Oliver Rosenberg, Shoshanna |