Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide a gender entrepreneurship slant to the revolving landscape in the 'culinary underbelly'. The primary aim of this conceptual study is to extend the boundaries of the identified female-dominated occupations beyond the usual suspects - i.e., social work, nursing, elementary school teacher, etc., to the kitchen as the identity of chef life is brought into the discourse. While the study arguably heeds the call to explore occupational segregation in the light of gender and ethnicity, its main emphasis has been towards building upon prior studies on occupational sex-segregation rather than the ethnicity dimension, which was not explored in this study. While this might be a limitation, it does provide the right foundation for future research in the explored area.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 90-102 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 28 Nov 2012 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Chef identity
- Occupational segregation
- Gender entrepreneurship
- Celebrity chefs
- Glass escalator
- Male chefs
- Men
- Women
- Sexes
- Kitchens
- Cooking
- Cookery
- Culinary aspects
- Changing roles
- Gender roles
- Female-dominated occupations
- Ethnicity
- Sex-segregation
- UK
- United Kingdom
- Small and medium sized enterprises
- SMEs
- Entrepreneurs
- Family issues
- Families
- Gender issues