This chapter critically explores how gender is conceptualized in extant innovation research scholarship. The authors analyse a selection of published research articles, categorizing them according to the various themes adopted: traditional innovation and definitional issues; management styles, performance and teams; organisational structures and networks; and gendered stereotypes, feminist resistance, and gendered processes of innovation. The chapter also considers how researchers define innovation, and how they illustrate the relationship between gender and innovation. Findings indicate that published scholarship in this field lacks a robust discussion of the relationship between gender and innovation, with few articles positioning themselves within specific gender perspectives. The field has become restricted to the extent that only male innovation norms are studied and highlighted. The authors conclude that innovation research is lagging behind in terms of its perspectives on how gender is ‘done’, compared to other fields such as entrepreneurship where feminist epistemology is more developed. Avenues worthy of future research are identified.
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Front Matter
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PART I: INTRODUCTION
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PART II: GENDER AND INNOVATION IN NEW AND SMALL BUSINESSES
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PART III: GENDER AND INNOVATION IN AN ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
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PART IV: GENDER IN INNOVATION POLICY
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PART V: GENDER IN DESIGN AND MATERIALITY
