Sara Poggesi (Associate Professor in Management) and Michela Mari (Associate Professor in Management)

The lesson presents the topic of work-family conflicts (WFC) experienced by women entrepreneurs. Although academic attention towards WFC has increased over the years, the conversation on WFC issues in relation to entrepreneurs is still scarce. Given that women own about 46% of all the businesses in the world, understanding the antecedents of women entrepreneurs’ WFC and their mechanism seems to be particularly relevant for helping women, but also policy makers, to identify more targeted actions to reduce the strain of WFC and thus reduce the negative highlighted consequences. Through this lesson, the reader can acquire specific knowledge about what is WFC and which are the main antecedents of WFC experienced by women entrepreneurs.