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Patricia Lewis
Researcher at University of Kent
Publications - 63
Citations - 2104
Patricia Lewis is an academic researcher from University of Kent. The author has contributed to research in topics: Entrepreneurship & Emotion work. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 59 publications receiving 1823 citations. Previous affiliations of Patricia Lewis include Brunel University London.
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The Quest for Invisibility: Female Entrepreneurs and the Masculine Norm of Entrepreneurship
TL;DR: In this paper, the differences and divisions between women business owners who are silent about gender issues and those who are not are explored, and the main data drawn on in the article are e-mails conducted through a web-based entrepreneurial network set up to promote and support women in business.
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Postfeminism, Femininities and Organization Studies: Exploring a New Agenda
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that rather than interpreting women's position in organizations solely in terms of exclusion connected to a dominant masculine norm, critically deploying the concept of postfeminism facilitates a critique of how women and a reconfigured femininity are now being included in the contemporary workplace.
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An investigation of silence and a scrutiny of transparency: Re-examining gender in organization literature through the concepts of voice and visibility
Ruth Simpson,Patricia Lewis +1 more
TL;DR: A review of the literature on gender and organizations through the twin concepts of "voice" and "visibility" can be found in this paper, where the authors argue that their potential richness has not been fully exploited and accordingly produce a "framework" which is based on'surface' and 'deep' conceptualizations.
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Kanter Revisited: Gender, Power and (In)Visibility
Patricia Lewis,Ruth Simpson +1 more
TL;DR: This paper revisited Kanter's seminal work Men and Women of the Corporation, rereading her account of numerical advantage and disadvantage through a poststructuralist lens which exposes hidden dimensions of gendered power.
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The Search for an Authentic Entrepreneurial Identity: Difference and Professionalism among Women Business Owners
TL;DR: This paper explored the authenticity-driven identity work of a group of women business owners who self-consciously adopt a feminized entrepreneurial identity as a means of being "who I really am" in a business context.