Purpose

This paper aims to understand resilience in entrepreneurial behavior and the major adversities faced by women entrepreneurs and identify theoretical and empirical bases that support the use of the integrative approach as appropriate to studies of resilience in women entrepreneurs.

Design/methodology/approach

In this exploratory-theoretical study, the authors adopted a narrative review of the literature on Female Entrepreneurship, Business and Resilience. The databases researched were: Web of Science, Social Citation Index and Scopus, of which 52 were submitted to analysis through techniques of comparison and contrast between theory, classical studies and applied research.

Findings

The study illuminates the concept of resilience aligned with entrepreneurship and the major adversities of female entrepreneurship. It also indicates the competence of the integrative approach in investigating and analyzing resilience as a complex, functional and emotional phenomenon between women entrepreneurs and their business environment.

Research limitations/implications

This study indicates that the integrative approach can offer an explanatory device about the relationships between affectivity and cognition in the resilient behavior of women when encountering difficulties in the entrepreneurial process. It also indicates paths for future research that can empirically prove the degree of these constructs in the resilient behavior of women entrepreneurs, having the difficulties related to the gender stereotype as a point of interest.

Practical implications

The contribution to the managerial field is to alert women entrepreneurs about the need to understand the role of affectivity and cognition in facing adversity to strengthen their resilient behavior.

Social implications

The contribution to the managerial field is to alert women entrepreneurs about the need to understand the role of affectivity and cognition in facing adversity to strengthen their resilient behavior.

Originality/value

This study provides original evidence that cognitive and affective aspects influence women’s entrepreneurial behavior with the same degree of importance. Therefore, they must be investigated jointly. This discovery brings relevance to theoretical and empirical studies on this topic.

中文翻译：

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女性创业韧性研究的综合方法

目的

本文旨在了解创业行为的复原力以及女企业家面临的主要逆境，并确定支持在女企业家复原力研究中适当使用综合方法的理论和实证基础。

设计/方法论/途径

在这项探索性理论研究中，作者对女性创业、商业和复原力的文献进行了叙述性回顾。研究的数据库有：Web of Science、Social Citation Index 和 Scopus，其中 52 个数据库通过理论、经典研究和应用研究之间的比较和对比技术进行分析。

发现

该研究阐明了与创业精神以及女性创业的主要逆境相关的韧性概念。它还表明了综合方法在调查和分析女性企业家及其商业环境之间复杂的、功能性和情感现象的复原力方面的能力。

研究局限性/影响

这项研究表明，综合方法可以为女性在创业过程中遇到困难时的弹性行为中的情感和认知之间的关系提供一种解释。它还指出了未来研究的路径，可以凭经验证明这些结构在女性企业家弹性行为中的程度，而女性企业家的困难与作为兴趣点的性别刻板印象有关。

实际影响

对管理领域的贡献是提醒女性企业家需要了解情感和认知在面对逆境时的作用，以加强她们的弹性行为。

社会影响

对管理领域的贡献是提醒女性企业家需要了解情感和认知在面对逆境时的作用，以加强她们的弹性行为。

原创性/价值

这项研究提供了原始证据，表明认知和情感方面对女性创业行为具有同等重要的影响。因此，必须联合调查。这一发现为该主题的理论和实证研究带来了相关性。