The Family Division of Labour by Marie-Agnès Barrère-Maurisson, Amsterdam : SISWO, 2000, 213 pp., ISBN 90-6706-155-7.

Purpose This paper aims to examine the experience of women entrepreneurs and the challenges and issues they face in reconciling the work activities of the family sphere with those of the entrepreneurial sphere. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on a materialist feminist perspective and a theory of living work that take into account the visible and invisible dimensions of the real work performed by women entrepreneurs. The methodology is based on a qualitative research design involving individual and group interviews conducted with 70 women entrepreneurs. Findings The results show the various individual and collective strategies deployed by women entrepreneurs to reconcile the work activities of the family and entrepreneurial spheres. Originality/value One of the major findings emerging from the results of this study relates to the re-appropriation of the world of work and organization of work by women entrepreneurs and its emancipatory potential for the division of labour. Through the authority and autonomy they possessed as business owners, and with their employees’ cooperation, they integrated and internalized tasks related to the work activities of the family sphere into the organization of work itself. Thus, not only new forms of work organization and cooperation at work but also new ways of conceiving of entrepreneurship as serving women’s life choices and emancipation could be seen to be emerging.

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The Family and the Social Division of Labour During Industrial Restructuring

Households, Work and Economic Change: A Comparative Institutional Perspective ◽

10.1007/978-1-4615-6115-6_8 ◽

1997 ◽

pp. 107-112

Author(s):

Allan Sande

Keyword(s):

Division Of Labour ◽

Industrial Restructuring ◽

Social Division ◽

The Social ◽

The Family

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Copreneurs: The Impact of Spousal Relationships on Business success In Nigeria

Archives of Business Research ◽

10.14738/abr.82.7835 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 65-78

Author(s):

Olufemi Aladejebi

Keyword(s):

Financial Performance ◽

Growth Performance ◽

Division Of Labour ◽

General Information ◽

Business Success ◽

Spousal Relationships ◽

Perceived Success ◽

The Family ◽

The Impact ◽

Financial Profitability

Copreneurship is a term used to describe a situation where the husband and wife manage the same company. Copreneurship is a branch of the family business. It is becoming popular among the type of businesses. The main objectives of this research study include the examination of how spousal relationships affect a firm's financial profitability, factors that limit and improve the effective functioning of copreneurial teams, and how decisions are made. A purposeful sample was used to select respondents. Data was collected from fifty-five (55) couples out of which forty- seven (47) were viable. The research instrument was based on a five-point Likert scale. The questionnaire administered contained 2parts, Part 1: contains general information while Part 2: contains Perceived success, financial performance, growth performance, shared dream, Leadership, personal needs alignment, Division of labour, complementary skills, supportive employees, competencies, adequate resources. The results showed that the primary operators of the businesses were mostly wives. The majority of the copreneurs benefitted greatly from their business relationship in terms of perceived success, financial performance, growth performance, and shared dreams.

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Euro-stil. Storia di una famiglia transnazionale moldava

MONDI MIGRANTI ◽

10.3280/mm2009-001009 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 191-210

Author(s):

Francesco Vietti

Keyword(s):

Soviet Union ◽

Eastern Europe ◽

Division Of Labour ◽

Mass Migration ◽

The Soviet Union ◽

Transnational Family ◽

The Family ◽

Economic Collapse ◽

Rural Context ◽

The Impact

- This study analyses the impact of migration on the family roles in Moldova and the changing dynamics within transnational families. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the economic collapse of the 1990s, hundreds of thousands of Moldovans have left their country over the past decade to seek opportunities abroad. The mass migration has become the dominant socio-economic phenomenon of the country and has prompted the redefinition of family structure and ideology.Keywords Etnography, Family, Transnationalism, Eastern Europe, RemittancesThe migration of a large number of women leads to a reorganization of the division of labour and the gender roles within the transnational family. These changes can influence communities as well as families. Taking a closer look at the transnational experience of a family in the rural context of Pîrlita, a village near the Romanian border, the study explores the migrants' consumption desires and practices as reflective not only of commodified exchange but also of affection and sentiment.Keywords Etnography, Family, Transnationalism, Eastern Europe, Remittances

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