2SLGBTQIA+ Entrepreneurship: Advancing Theory, Method, and Practice on Identity, Institutions, and Inclusion

Editors

  • Shawna Chen, Brock University
  • Michael Lounsbury, University of Alberta
  • Chris Zhang, University of Houston Downtown

Description

While entrepreneurship research has increasingly recognized identity as central to entrepreneurial processes, 2SLGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs remain significantly underexplored in the core literature, particularly regarding how sexuality and gender identity interact with entrepreneurial ecosystems and institutional structures. This special issue aims to advance conceptual, empirical, and methodological understanding of 2SLGBTQIA+ entrepreneurship by examining how these entrepreneurs navigate visibility, stigma, belonging, and legitimacy within broader institutional and spatial contexts.

The special issue welcomes diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, including identity theory, queer-feminist perspectives, intersectionality, institutional theory, and institutional logics. Submissions may employ qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methodologies and are encouraged to bridge theory and practice by including diverse scholarly teams with practitioners involved in entrepreneurship.

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Potential topics

  • LGBTQ+ identity and entrepreneurial identity work
  • Coming out, concealment, and impression management in venture contexts
  • Intersectionality (e.g., race, gender, class, disability) and layered entrepreneurial experiences
  • Institutional barriers to legitimacy, funding, and recognition
  • Emancipatory entrepreneurship: removing structural constraints through business creation
  • Entrepreneurial ecosystems and their (in)capacity to support LGBTQ+ inclusion
  • Policy and programmatic responses to LGBTQ+ small business development
  • Entrepreneurial wellbeing, belonging, and non-economic goals
  • Comparative studies of LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship across national and regional contexts
  • Methodological approaches for studying LGBTQ+ and equity-deserving entrepreneurs