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Class, Gender and the Family Business Kate Mulholland Class, Gender and the Family Business This page intentionally left blank Class, Gender and the Family Business Kate Mulholland © Kate Mulholland 2003 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2003 978-0-333-79336-7 All rights reserved.No reproduction,copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced,copied to transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988,or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency,90 Tottenham Court Road,London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2003 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St.Martin’s Press,LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States,United Kingdom and other countries.Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-41973-9 ISBN 978-0-230-50447-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230504479 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mulholland,Kate,1949- Class,gender,and the family business / Kate Mulholland. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Family-owned business enterprises. 2. Women-owned business enterprises. 3. Businesswomen. 4. Entrepreneurship. 5. Wealth. 6. Social conflict. I.Title. HD62.25.M85 2003 338.7–dc21 2003045183 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 Dedicated to Mike and Paul This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Tables ix Acknowledgements x 1 Introduction 1 2 The Study, Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives 9 3 Business Partnership and the Gendering of Wealth Creation: ‘His Dream and My Money’ 28 4 Gender and the Management of Wealth Accumulation: ‘He also Wants a Pudding’ 48 5 Gender and Wealth Preservation: ‘I’m Not a Member of My Husband’s Family’ 70 6 Entrepreneurialism, Masculinities and the Self-Made Man 89 7 The Entrepreneur’s Wife and Family Life: ‘It’s Like Being a One-Parent Family’ 111 8 Women Owners: Honorary Men? 131 9 The Family Enterprise and Business Strategies 151 10 Conclusions 180 Notes 191 References 194 Name Index 203 Subject Index 205 vii This page intentionally left blank List of Tables 2.1 Distribution of Wealth across Generations 10 2.2 Distribution of Businesses among Couples 11 2.3 Character of Diversified Enterprise among ‘New and ‘Old’ Businesses 13 3.1 ‘New’ Wealth Couples: Distribution of Wives’ Contribution in Addition to Domestic Work 30 3.2 ‘Old’ Enterprise Couples: Wives’ Contribution in Addition to Domestic Work 31 9.1 Distribution of Ethnic Minority and White Majority ‘New’ and ‘Old’ Businesses 157 9.2 Diversified Business among Ethnic Minority and White Majority Categories 159 ix
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