Learning to be entrepreneurial: Do family firms gain more from female leadership than nonfamily firms?

Research Summary: We integrate social learning theory with gender role congruity theory to propose that family firms gain more from female leadership than nonfamily firms due to the congruence of female communal values with those of a family business. Results of our empirical study, based on a sampl...

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Autores: Hernández Linares, Remedios, López Fernández, María Concepción, Eddleston, Kimberly A., Kellermanns, Franz
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Entrepreneurial orientation
Family firms
Female leadership
Learning orientation
SME
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spelling Learning to be entrepreneurial: Do family firms gain more from female leadership than nonfamily firms?Hernández Linares, RemediosLópez Fernández, María ConcepciónEddleston, Kimberly A.Kellermanns, FranzEntrepreneurial orientationFamily firmsFemale leadershipLearning orientationSMEResearch Summary: We integrate social learning theory with gender role congruity theory to propose that family firms gain more from female leadership than nonfamily firms due to the congruence of female communal values with those of a family business. Results of our empirical study, based on a sample of 322 Spanish small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), show that while all three dimensions of learning orientation (commitment to learning, shared vision, and open-mindedness) are positively related to an entrepreneurial orientation, significant differences exist based on the CEO's gender and whether the SME is a family or nonfamily firm. Strongest differences were found between female-led family and nonfamily SMEs whereby the entrepreneurial orientation of female-led family SMEs benefited significantly more from their firm's commitment to learning and open-mindedness. Managerial Summary: To cultivate entrepreneurship, a small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) leader must create an organization that fosters learning. Yet, surprisingly, we know little about male and female leaders' ability to translate their SME's learning into entrepreneurship. Our study reveals that in comparison to nonfamily firms, family firms offer an environment that is more conducive to supporting women leaders, which allows their female leaders to direct their SME's learning more effectively toward entrepreneurship. However, while female-led family SMEs were as effective as male-led family- and nonfamily-led SMEs in directing learning toward entrepreneurship, female-led nonfamily SMEs struggled. Our study therefore suggests that while women have an advantage leading family SMEs, gender biases hamper female leaders' ability to transform learning into greater entrepreneurial orientation in nonfamily SMEs.John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Universidad de Cantabria20232023-09-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/10902/31092Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2023, 17(4), 971-1001reponame:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabriainstname:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/310922026-06-02T12:39:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Learning to be entrepreneurial: Do family firms gain more from female leadership than nonfamily firms?
title Learning to be entrepreneurial: Do family firms gain more from female leadership than nonfamily firms?
spellingShingle Learning to be entrepreneurial: Do family firms gain more from female leadership than nonfamily firms?
Hernández Linares, Remedios
Entrepreneurial orientation
Family firms
Female leadership
Learning orientation
SME
title_short Learning to be entrepreneurial: Do family firms gain more from female leadership than nonfamily firms?
title_full Learning to be entrepreneurial: Do family firms gain more from female leadership than nonfamily firms?
title_fullStr Learning to be entrepreneurial: Do family firms gain more from female leadership than nonfamily firms?
title_full_unstemmed Learning to be entrepreneurial: Do family firms gain more from female leadership than nonfamily firms?
title_sort Learning to be entrepreneurial: Do family firms gain more from female leadership than nonfamily firms?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hernández Linares, Remedios
López Fernández, María Concepción
Eddleston, Kimberly A.
Kellermanns, Franz
author Hernández Linares, Remedios
author_facet Hernández Linares, Remedios
López Fernández, María Concepción
Eddleston, Kimberly A.
Kellermanns, Franz
author_role author
author2 López Fernández, María Concepción
Eddleston, Kimberly A.
Kellermanns, Franz
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad de Cantabria
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Entrepreneurial orientation
Family firms
Female leadership
Learning orientation
SME
topic Entrepreneurial orientation
Family firms
Female leadership
Learning orientation
SME
description Research Summary: We integrate social learning theory with gender role congruity theory to propose that family firms gain more from female leadership than nonfamily firms due to the congruence of female communal values with those of a family business. Results of our empirical study, based on a sample of 322 Spanish small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), show that while all three dimensions of learning orientation (commitment to learning, shared vision, and open-mindedness) are positively related to an entrepreneurial orientation, significant differences exist based on the CEO's gender and whether the SME is a family or nonfamily firm. Strongest differences were found between female-led family and nonfamily SMEs whereby the entrepreneurial orientation of female-led family SMEs benefited significantly more from their firm's commitment to learning and open-mindedness. Managerial Summary: To cultivate entrepreneurship, a small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) leader must create an organization that fosters learning. Yet, surprisingly, we know little about male and female leaders' ability to translate their SME's learning into entrepreneurship. Our study reveals that in comparison to nonfamily firms, family firms offer an environment that is more conducive to supporting women leaders, which allows their female leaders to direct their SME's learning more effectively toward entrepreneurship. However, while female-led family SMEs were as effective as male-led family- and nonfamily-led SMEs in directing learning toward entrepreneurship, female-led nonfamily SMEs struggled. Our study therefore suggests that while women have an advantage leading family SMEs, gender biases hamper female leaders' ability to transform learning into greater entrepreneurial orientation in nonfamily SMEs.
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