Women as Key Agents in Sustainable Entrepreneurship: A Gender Multigroup Analysis of the SEO-Performance Relationship

Ana Criado-Gomis, Maria-Angeles Iniesta-Bonillo, Amparo Cervera-Taulet and Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano
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Ana Criado-Gomis: Department of Business Management, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 16071 Cuenca, Spain
Maria-Angeles Iniesta-Bonillo: Department of Economics and Business, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Amparo Cervera-Taulet: Department of Marketing, University of Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano: IUDESCOOP and Department of Business Administration, University of Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: Literature points out that the effect of sustainable entrepreneurship on firm performance may be contingent on internal factors, such as top manager characteristics. This paper proposes that the gender of a firm’s chief executive officer (CEO) greatly influences the sustainable entrepreneurial orientation (SEO)-firm performance relationship. An empirical study was conducted on a stratified random sampling, collecting 210 questionnaires from top managers of firms in Valencia (Spain). A multigroup moderation analysis method was used. The results confirm that women tend to increase the positive effect of SEO in firm performance.

Keywords: gender analysis; sustainable entrepreneurial orientation; firm performance; sustainable entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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