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Work-family balance in mompreneurship: the role of autonomy, fulfillment, and motivational drivers
| Resumo: | The concept of mompreneurship describes mothers who establish and manage their own businesses while actively engaging in caregiving roles. This master’s thesis examines how mompreneurs in Germany negotiate work–family balance, with particular attention to autonomy, fulfillment, and motivational drivers shaping their entrepreneurial engagement. Drawing on 30 semi-structured interviews analyzed using the Gioia methodology, the study identifies three interrelated dimensions that characterize mompreneurial experience: self-directed entrepreneurial identity, autonomy and flexibility in everyday work arrangements, and motivational processes sustaining entrepreneurial engagement over time. The findings show that work–family balance is not experienced as a stable outcome but as an ongoing process of negotiation shaped by personal values, identity work, and contextual conditions. By emphasizing autonomy and fulfillment as central motivational forces, this study contributes to a more process-oriented understanding of work–family balance in mompreneurship. |
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| Autores principais: | Keim, Paula Camilla |
| Assunto: | Entrepreneurship Mompreneurship Work-family balance Autonomy Fulfillment Entrepreneurial motivation Identity Qualitative research |
| Ano: | 2026 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | The concept of mompreneurship describes mothers who establish and manage their own businesses while actively engaging in caregiving roles. This master’s thesis examines how mompreneurs in Germany negotiate work–family balance, with particular attention to autonomy, fulfillment, and motivational drivers shaping their entrepreneurial engagement. Drawing on 30 semi-structured interviews analyzed using the Gioia methodology, the study identifies three interrelated dimensions that characterize mompreneurial experience: self-directed entrepreneurial identity, autonomy and flexibility in everyday work arrangements, and motivational processes sustaining entrepreneurial engagement over time. The findings show that work–family balance is not experienced as a stable outcome but as an ongoing process of negotiation shaped by personal values, identity work, and contextual conditions. By emphasizing autonomy and fulfillment as central motivational forces, this study contributes to a more process-oriented understanding of work–family balance in mompreneurship. |
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