Doing Well and Doing Good: How Responsible Entrepreneurship Shapes Female Entrepreneurial Success

Xuemei Xie () and Yonghui Wu ()
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Xuemei Xie: Tongji University
Yonghui Wu: Shanghai University

Journal of Business Ethics, 2022, vol. 178, issue 3, No 13, 803-828

Abstract: Abstract This study examines the role of responsible entrepreneurship among female entrepreneurs by examining how and when responsible entrepreneurship may exert a positive influence on female entrepreneurial success. Using the data collected from 337 Chinese female entrepreneurs, and by integrating responsible entrepreneurship research with a dynamic capability framework, our findings show, firstly, that responsible entrepreneurship is positively correlated to female entrepreneurial success; secondly, this relationship is mediated by female entrepreneurs’ opportunity recognition; and thirdly, the indirect effect of responsible entrepreneurship on female entrepreneurial success through opportunity recognition is weaker when women entrepreneurs perceive more gender discrimination. Furthermore, using a post hoc analysis, we find that responsible entrepreneurship has a positive impact on entrepreneurial success for both male and female entrepreneurs, but that this impact is more significant for female entrepreneurs than for their male counterparts. With the contextual factor of traditional female social stereotypes inadvertently contributing to greater gender discrimination in the field of entrepreneurship, our results underscore the importance of both responsible entrepreneurship and opportunity recognition in promoting female entrepreneurial success.

Keywords: Responsible entrepreneurship; Female entrepreneurs; Opportunity recognition; Perceived gender discrimination; Entrepreneurial success (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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