The Influence of CEO Gender on Market Orientation and Performance in Service Small and Medium‐Sized Service Businesses

Peter S. Davis, Emin Babakus, Paula Danskin Englis and Tim Pett

Journal of Small Business Management, 2010, vol. 48, issue 4, 475-496

Abstract: This study examines the effects of CEO gender on market orientation and performance (growth and profitability) among a sample of small and medium‐sized service businesses. Gender was found to have significant indirect effects (via market orientation) on both market performance (growth) and financial performance (profitability). That is, female‐led service SMEs perform significantly better due to their stronger market orientation relative those led by males. The findings further suggest that female‐led firms were slightly better than their male‐led counterparts in transmitting market performance into financial performance, although the differences were not statistically significant.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2010.00305.x

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