TY - JOUR
T1 - Does gender matter for corporate entrepreneurship? A cross-countries study
AU - Ruiz, Linda Elizabeth
AU - Amorós, José Ernesto
AU - Guerrero, Maribel
PY - 2023/3/1
Y1 - 2023/3/1
N2 - The accumulated knowledge about corporate entrepreneurship has provided a better understanding of its antecedents and consequences. Corporate entrepreneurship activities are strongly related to incremental or disruptive innovation processes. However, academic debates demand a novel conceptual framework to understand the gendered workforce’s contribution to corporate entrepreneurship initiatives worldwide. This study hypothesizes that a gendered workforce has similar capabilities (skills, ability to detect opportunities, and networks) to engage in corporate entrepreneurship. Therefore, any gender differences could be explained by the influence of country-level conditions (gender equality levels, culture, and social norms). We tested these hypotheses with a sample of 50,550 employees from 50 countries. Our results support these hypotheses extending the corporate entrepreneurship literature and provoking an interesting discussion to academics, managers, employees, and policymakers.
AB - The accumulated knowledge about corporate entrepreneurship has provided a better understanding of its antecedents and consequences. Corporate entrepreneurship activities are strongly related to incremental or disruptive innovation processes. However, academic debates demand a novel conceptual framework to understand the gendered workforce’s contribution to corporate entrepreneurship initiatives worldwide. This study hypothesizes that a gendered workforce has similar capabilities (skills, ability to detect opportunities, and networks) to engage in corporate entrepreneurship. Therefore, any gender differences could be explained by the influence of country-level conditions (gender equality levels, culture, and social norms). We tested these hypotheses with a sample of 50,550 employees from 50 countries. Our results support these hypotheses extending the corporate entrepreneurship literature and provoking an interesting discussion to academics, managers, employees, and policymakers.
KW - Corporate entrepreneurship
KW - Diversified workforce
KW - Feminist theory
KW - Gender
KW - Gender equality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130292010&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11187-022-00617-6
DO - 10.1007/s11187-022-00617-6
M3 - Article
VL - 60
SP - 929
EP - 946
JO - Small Business Economics
JF - Small Business Economics
SN - 0921-898X
IS - 3
ER -