Gender difference in the conative componet of entrepreneurial orientation

Andrej Bertoncelj and Darko Kovac

Journal of East European Management Studies, 2009, vol. 14, issue 4, 357-368

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to investigate the question of gender difference in the entrepreneurial orientation of managers in the post-transition economy of Slovenia. The concept of intervening variables as parts of the conative components of entrepreneurial orientation is introduced and gender differences are examined between variables. 183 Slovene top and middle managers were analysed in this respect. The results indicate that there are no gender differences in the variable to spot opportunities, to risk, to innovate, and in the intervening variable to plan, and to follow procedures, but a gender difference exists in the intervening variable to analyse, to quantify, and to justify and in the intervening variables of dexterity and craftsmanship, which could be attributed to gender occupational concentration.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial orientation; gender difference; middle managers; conation; Slovenia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J28 J71 J82 M10 M12 P20 P31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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