Purpose

Technology sector is the pivotal element for innovation and economic development of any country. Hence, the present article explores past researches looking into challenges faced by immigrant women entrepreneurs in technology sector and their corresponding response strategies.

Design/methodology/approach

This study employs a systematic literature review (SLR) technique to collate all the relevant literature looking into the challenges and strategies from immigrant women entrepreneur's perspective and provide a comprehensive picture. Overall, 49 research articles are included in this SLR.

Findings

Findings indicate that immigrant status further escalates the human, financial and network disadvantages faced by women who want to start a technology-based venture.

Originality/value

This paper contributes to the literature by categorizing the barriers and strategies on a 3 × 2 matrix reflecting the origins of the barrier or strategy (taking place at the individual, firm or institutional level) versus the type of the barrier or strategy (arising from being an immigrant woman and being a woman in the technology sector). After underlining the dearth of studies in the literature about the complex phenomenon of immigrant WEs in the technology sector, the paper points out several neglected themes for future research.

中文翻译：

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对技术领域移民女企业家的玻璃天花板的见解

目的

技术部门是任何国家创新和经济发展的关键要素。因此，本文探讨了过去的研究，探讨了移民女企业家在技术领域面临的挑战及其相应的应对策略。

设计/方法/方法

本研究采用系统文献回顾 (SLR) 技术来整理所有相关文献，从移民女性企业家的角度研究挑战和策略，并提供全面的图片。总体而言，该 SLR 包含 49 篇研究文章。

发现

调查结果表明，移民身份进一步加剧了想要创业的女性所面临的人力、财务和网络劣势。

原创性/价值

本文通过在 3 × 2 矩阵上对障碍和策略进行分类来对文献做出贡献，该矩阵反映了障碍或战略的起源（发生在个人、公司或机构层面）与障碍或战略的类型（产生于一名移民女性，同时也是一名技术部门的女性）。在强调了文献中缺乏关于技术领域移民 WEs 复杂现象的研究之后，该论文指出了未来研究的几个被忽视的主题。