..., this article answers the call of the editors and other entrepreneurship scholars (Leitch and Harrison, 2016) for empirical work exploring the deconstruction of elite, entrepreneurial masculinities as a set of discursive practices constituted in times and spaces and how these are socially constructed...

..., this paper explores a specific context - that of radical ecological and social transition - to identify how entrepreneuring in this specific social environment questions and shapes entrepreneurial masculinities. Design/methodology/approach We engage with constructivist grounded theory to analyse 17 life...

... and theoretical models of hegemonic masculinity, entrepreneurial masculine identities, discursive identity construction and semi-peripherality. Findings The study highlights two key findings. Firstly, it reveals that the normative figure of the successful startup founder is not gender-neutral but discursively...

...Tayo Korede Purpose The literature on entrepreneurial masculinity has primarily focused on how hegemonic masculinity is constructed and performed in entrepreneurship. Little is known about how non-hegemonic masculinity is performed by male entrepreneurs who do not fit the dominant and traditional...