Breaking Norms to Get Ahead: Do Women Entrepreneurs Need a Dash of Psychopathy?

Breaking Norms to Get Ahead: Do Women Entrepreneurs Need a Dash of Psychopathy?
Category: Interviews
Published: November 19, 2018
Updated: August 8, 2024
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A 2016 University of Alabama Study concluded that women with a benign touch of psychopathy (callousness, ability to put aside emotions to do a tough job, not afraid to buck gender norms) are more likely to become entrepreneurs. In this discussion with EIX's Kimberly Eddleston, successful serial entrepreneurs Susan Penta and Sandra Powers Murphy discuss these findings and how successful female entrepreneurs run their businesses.  The takeaways? Women have a more expansive view of "success" than men. The ability to do "whatever it takes" is an attribute that defines all great entrepreneurs, whether male or female. And if you have a daughter, let her mow the lawn.

 

 

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Kimberly Eddleston
Kimberly Eddleston
Schulze Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship / D'Amore-McKim School of Business / Northeastern University
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DOI: 10.17919/X98M39
Eddleston, Kimberly. "Breaking Norms to Get Ahead: Do Women Entrepreneurs Need a Dash of Psychopathy?." FamilyBusiness.org. 19 Nov. 2018. Web 13 Nov. 2024 <https://eiexchange.com/content/breaking-norms-to-get-ahead-do-women-entrepreneurs-need-a-dash-o>.
Eddleston, K. (2018, November 19). Breaking norms to get ahead: do women entrepreneurs need a dash of psychopathy?. FamilyBusiness.org. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://eiexchange.com/content/breaking-norms-to-get-ahead-do-women-entrepreneurs-need-a-dash-o