... The authors used thematic analysis, influenced by an intersectional lens, to scrutinise qualitative data generated during a development project, with ten over 55-year-old self-employed women in Finland. Findings The study reveals three dominant practices of self-integrity at work: “Respecting one's self...

.... The third dilemma refers to women as a “means”, e.g. as an available, relatively “untapped” resource to spark economic development through entrepreneurial activities. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Gender Women Entrepreneurialism Context Nordic countries Denmark Finland...

... relationships. State public policies in Finland are based on an egalitarian‐individualistic, double‐earner family model. Women have been well represented in the labor market as full‐time employees since the 1960s, and currently, women (aged 15‐64) make up 65.5 percent (Statistics Finland, 2008...