'And now I'm free': Women's empowerment and emancipation through entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia and Sweden

• Published in: Entrepreneurship and regional development Vol. 30; no. 7-8; pp. 877 - 900
• Main Authors: Alkhaled, Sophie, Berglund, Karin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 01.01.2018; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Business Administration; Cross-cultural contexts; Crosscultural contexts; Emancipation; Empowerment; empowerment and emancipation; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Freedoms; företagsekonomi; Institutional change; Ledarskap, entreprenörskap och organisation; Life history; life stories; narrative approach; Narratives; Power; seeking freedom; Time use; Women; Women's entrepreneurship; Saudi Arabia; Sweden

Critical perspectives have called for the study of women's entrepreneurship as a route to social change. This 'social turn' claims women are empowered and/or emancipated through entrepreneurship with limited problematisation of how these interchangeably used concepts operate. Using an...