Does gender matter for corporate entrepreneurship? A cross-countries study

Linda Elizabeth Ruiz (), José Ernesto Amorós () and Maribel Guerrero ()
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Linda Elizabeth Ruiz: Escuela de Negocios, Tecnológico de Monterrey
José Ernesto Amorós: EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Maribel Guerrero: Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad del Desarrollo

Small Business Economics, 2023, vol. 60, issue 3, No 5, 929-946

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Corporate entrepreneurship; Diversified workforce; Gender; Gender equality; Feminist theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 M10 M14 M53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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