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Research Interests
My scholarly interests range widely, encompassing entrepreneurship and focusing on the culturally instantiated facets of the debate on gender entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial competencies, family businesses, entrepreneurship education, and the informal economy. My research also contributes to the already established discourse on gendering entrepreneurship and provides explicit feminist perspectives highlighting the inadvertent reinforcement of women’s subordination to men in the context of the entrepreneurial endeavours.
I am a member of the Global Women Entrepreneurship Program involved in OECD projects on women entrepreneurship policies. I am also an external examiner at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Education/Academic qualification
Entrepreneurship, Doctorate, Cardiff Metropolitan University
13 Feb 2013 → 9 Jun 2016
Award Date: 9 Sep 2016
Strategic Management, MBA, Plymouth University
12 Feb 2011 → 15 Mar 2012
Award Date: 15 Mar 2012
Foreign Languages, Degree, University of Port Harcourt
12 Oct 1991 → 15 Oct 1994
Award Date: 12 Oct 1994
External positions
External Examiner, University of Pretoria
3 Oct 2019 → …Fingerprint
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Projects
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The 'no choice' option: A contextual analysis of the role of entrepreneurship in reinforcing the oppression of women in patriarchal societies
Irene, B., Lockyer, J., Hoyte, C. & Dewitt, S.
1/01/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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African Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the UK: The Hidden Hand of Family Influence on Entrepreneurial Orientation
Opute, A. P., Iwu, C. G., Khosa, R. M., Eresia-Eke, C., Hagos, S. B. & Irene, B., 29 May 2021, In: Harvard Deusto Business Review. 10, 1, p. 53 79 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Empirical Insight into the Factors Affecting the Oscillation of Women between Self and Paid Employment in South Africa
Irene, B., Opute, A. P. & Murithi, W., 1 May 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) The Palgrave Handbook of African Entrepreneurship. Kolade, O., Rae, D., Obembe, D. & Beta, K. W. (eds.). 1 ed. Palgrave Macmillan, Vol. 1.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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'Facilitating women entrepreneurs’ access to financial capital, Policy insight notes from South Africa'
Irene, B., 21 Apr 2021, OECD Studies on SMEs and Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship Policies through a Gender Lens. Henry, C., Orser, B. & Coleman, S. (eds.). France: OECD Publishing, p. 127-129 3 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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From Empowerment to Emancipation: Women Entrepreneurship Cooking up a Stir in South Africa: Women’s Entrepreneurship & Culture
Irene, B., Murithi, W., Frank, R. & Mandawa-Bray, B., 2 Jul 2021, Women’s Entrepreneurship & Culture. Guelich, U., Bullough, A., Manolova, T. & Schjoedt, L. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 109-139 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Gender Performance Gap: The Causal Effect of the “No Choice” Option on the ‘Underperformance’ of Women-owned Businesses in Patriarchal Societies
Irene, B., Lockyer, J., Hoyte, C. & Dewitt, S., 21 May 2021, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Activities
- 4 Participation in conference
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Gender, Work & Organization
Bridget Irene (Speaker), Cherisse Hoyte (Speaker), Sunita Dewitt (Speaker) & Joan Lockyer (Speaker)
30 Jun 2021 → 2 Jul 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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DIANA2020
Joan Lockyer (Speaker), Sunita Dewitt (Speaker), Bridget Irene (Speaker) & Cherisse Hoyte (Speaker)
21 May 2021 → 22 May 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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1st International Conference of African Entrepreneurship
Bridget Irene (Speaker), Abdullah Opute (Speaker) & William Murithi (Speaker)
12 Jun 2019 → 14 Jun 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) / African Unity for Renaissance Conference
Bridget Irene (Speaker)
8 May 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference