The moderating role of individual and social resources in gender effect on entrepreneurial growth aspirations
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Nyakudya, Frederick W, Mickiewicz, Tomasz and Theodorakopoulos, Nicholas (2024) The moderating role of individual and social resources in gender effect on entrepreneurial growth aspirations. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research. ISSN 1355-2554 (In Press)
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Purpose
This study examines how the effect of gender on entrepreneurial growth aspirations is moderated differently by individual resources (human and financial capital) compared to those within the social environment (availability of entrepreneurial knowledge and role models).
Study design/methodology/approach
A multilevel estimator is used to investigate the determinants of growth aspirations of owners-managers of nascent start-ups. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) database is employed, covering the period 2007 to 2019, with 99,000 usable cases drawn from 95 countries.
Findings
The results suggest that individual financial resources and human capital have positive effects on entrepreneurial growth aspirations; yet these effects are weaker for female entrepreneurs relative to males. In contrast, the impact of availability of entrepreneurial social knowledge and role models on their growth aspirations is more positive than for male entrepreneurs.
Originality
This study offers a novel insight into entrepreneurial growth ambition, as it utilises a global perspective to scrutinise whether individual and social resources contribute differently to male versus female growth-aspirations, employing a multilevel approach. It also integrates insights from the resource-based view (RBV) and from the relevant business literature on entrepreneurs’ gender to develop theoretical explanations.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Growth aspirations; Entrepreneurship; Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Gender;Resource-based view |
| Faculty: | Staffordshire Business School > Business and Marketing |
| Depositing User: | Frederick NYAKUDYA |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Apr 2024 15:24 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Apr 2024 14:51 |
| URI: | https://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/id/eprint/8182 |
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