本研究探討育有子女的創業者,在創業過程中所認定的母職,以及她們如何在工作與家庭間實踐母職。研究目的為:(1)了解女性創業者在家庭與工作間的母職經驗與實踐;(2)藉由研究發現,提供女性創業者在臺灣的社會政策層面有助益性的建議。 本論文透過性別角色分工的觀點切入觀察,並以符號互動論的架構,探討創業者的母職經驗,從社會期待的母職、理想的母職及實際的母職經驗,三者之間的落差,得出自我感受的母職。本研究之場域為台灣省中部(台中、霧峰、草屯、大里、竹山、鹿谷、彰化),透過質性之深度訪談法,訪談15位女性創業者及2位男性創業者。研究結果發現,女性創業者受到自己的母親、家中較年長的姊姊作為角色模範,影響她們對於社會期待的母職認定,並從理想母職中看出她們深受社會期待的母職影響,較男性擔負更重的家務責任。她們實際的母職經驗受到工作性質影響,在自我感受的母職中透露,若家庭與工作間做選擇,會將家庭放在工作之前。
This research probes into the entrepreneurs’ experiences of motherhood, and how they practice the motherhood in work and family? The purposes of this study are: first, to explore the motherhood of female entrepreneurs; second, to offer some suggestions on Taiwan government administrative system about female entrepreneurs. This research is based on the perspective of gender division of labor , and takes symbolic interactionism as research framework. The research fields are Taizhong, Wufeng, Caotun, Dali, Zhushan, Lugu, Zhanghua. We apply in-depth interview as research method, and fifteen female entrepreneurs and two male entrepreneurs as interviewers. The conclusions are: first, female entrepreneurs’ social expectations of motherhood were influenced by their original family . Second, they considered that the ideal motherhood should be beared the whole house work. And third, under the context of Taiwanese culture, female entrepreneurs regonized that family was more important than work.