Differences in Reported Firm Performance by Gender: Does Industry Matter?

Swinney, Jane; Runyan, Rodney C.; Huddleston, Patricia

doi:10.1142/s1084946706000350

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“…Mungaray and Ramírez [19] found that there was a positive relationship between the rate of productivity and the level of education, being this finding congruent with what was found by Swinney et al [20], and they also found that the higher the educational level of the employer is, the higher the performance of companies is.…”

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The Characteristics of the Businesses and Entrepreneurs and Their Relationships with the Competitiveness of the SMEs in México

García¹,

Adame²

2015

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The aim of this work was to determine the correlation between the characteristics of enterprises and entrepreneurs and competitiveness in SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) in México City. For this purpose the data collected in the first phase of this research were taken, which were collected through field work using direct structured questionnaire to a sample of 400 companies and correlation statistical tests were performed using the method Chi square. The main findings indicate that the level of education has a significant relationship with the global competitiveness, being coincident with the findings of the literature discussed previously. It's also found that the size of the business has a significant relationship with global competitiveness, and with all factors being coincident with the findings of the literature discussed previously. Finally, the legal personality (natural person or corporation) and the sector also show a significant relationship with global competitiveness and its factors, where the features that have a significant relationship with competitiveness are gender and age and the type of company (family or non-family) and its antiquity.total number of companies in the country, generating 78.5 per cent of employment and contributes 52 per cent of the domestic gross product [1]. Its importance is also to play a more economic social role to become a balance, where disadvantaged workers can find a source of employment and also among other aspects it can provide goods and services to poor people. If we refer to Latin America, the importance of SMEs is that in most countries it generates over 60 per cent of jobs and 50 per cent of value added, hence the importance of analyzing [2].On the other hand, the business competitiveness conceptualized as the ability to manage the company productivity, profitability, participation in internal and external market, competitive position and regional infrastructure [3], is vital for these organizations, since if they do not strive to achieve adequate competitiveness levels, they will easily disappear.Accordingly, the objective of this research consists of determining if there is a relationship between competitiveness and the characteristics of the entrepreneur, measured by age, sex and level of education, and the characteristics of the company, measured by size, legal personality (physical or mercantile society), type of company (family and non-family), sector (industry, trade and service) and their age/seniority in the market.The importance of carrying out this study derives from the reasons mention above. The study presents the development of the second part of the research project called "Towards Determining the Competitiveness of Latin American SMEs" [4]. The literature reviewed and presented in the theoretical framework underlines the importance which the characteristics of enterprises and entrepreneurs for the competitiveness of SMEs have, in favor of competitiveness of SMEs, so, here a question rises: What is the relation between features of the enterpri...

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Section: The Characteristics Of Entrepreneurs and Competitivenesssupporting

confidence: 72%

The Characteristics of the Businesses and Entrepreneurs and Their Relationships with the Competitiveness of the SMEs in México

García¹,

Adame²

2015

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“…As well, Millmore et al (2007), studied gender differences within 360 degree managerial performance evaluations and found that self-evaluations ratings were higher in females than males, although, in their study, this gender difference was not statistically significant (Millmore et al, 2007). Skinner's study of entrepreneurs in the retail trades found that both male and female entrepreneurs reported their performance successful even though male entrepreneurs had a more formal education and generated higher revenues (Swinney, Runyan, & Huddleston, 2006). Siguaw and Honeycutt's (1995) study, supports Skinner's finding, in that they found no significant differences in the performance between male and female salespeople in regards to selling behaviors and attitudes.…”

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Gender Differences of Middle-Level Hotel Managers Self-Evaluation Ratings in Turkey

Kara

2012

Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism

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The purpose of this article is to examine self-evaluation differences between male and female middle-level hotel managers who use the 360 degree evaluation model in their organization. Data were collected from 258 middle-level hotel managers (163 male and 95 female department heads) to determine performance evaluation differences in 5-star hotels in Turkey. The study results show that significant gender differences exist in self-evaluation ratings with respect to the dimension of "Adapt to Changes"; males reported slightly higher levels of "Adapt to Changes" than females, at their jobs. After controlling for variables such as age, marital status, monthly income level, education level, type of department, length of time in the organization, and length of time in the tourism sector, some gender differences remain significant. Specifically, males and females displayed more significant distinctions after controlling for their "education level."

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“…This approach allowed the comprehensive and extensive assessment to be done to the entrepreneurs [17,21]. Masuo et al [10] used several proxies to measure the subjective performance of entrepreneurs such as customer satisfaction, personality development, awareness of entrepreneurs and so on.…”

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The Performance of Married and Single-Mother Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Malaysia

Salwa

Yahya

Azila

et al. 2015

Islamic Perspectives Relating to Business, Arts, Culture and Communication

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This paper focuses on two core objectives. Firstly, it aims at exploring the profile of successful married and single-mother entrepreneurs who have been fruitfully running their business for at least 10 years under the scheme offered by Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM). Secondly, it sought to empirically compare the performance of both groups from the objective (financial) and subjective (nonfinancial) angles especially after the replacement of existing schemes into the new one in 2003. About 403 respondents which comprise of 202 married and 201 single-mother entrepreneurs represent the sample of this study who participated in the survey exercise. The respondents considered for this study were restricted to the beneficiaries of AIM in the state of Perak particularly in Manjung Branch which is among the largest number of targeted groups. The data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire which is adopted from several sources. The average annual sales for the last 3 years (2011)(2012)(2013) were used to represent objective performance, while subjective measure comprises 11 items. The descriptive analysis was employed to provide the general summary of the findings while the independent-sample t-test was applied to compare the performance of interested groups. The findings revealed that the performance of married entrepreneurs was better than the opposite group from the perspectives of both objective and subjective. Based on the result, some recommendations were proposed together with some limitations of the study which provide help in charting direction for future research.

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Differences in Reported Firm Performance by Gender: Does Industry Matter?

Cited by 39 publications

References 24 publications

The Characteristics of the Businesses and Entrepreneurs and Their Relationships with the Competitiveness of the SMEs in México

The Characteristics of the Businesses and Entrepreneurs and Their Relationships with the Competitiveness of the SMEs in México

Gender Differences of Middle-Level Hotel Managers Self-Evaluation Ratings in Turkey

The Performance of Married and Single-Mother Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Malaysia

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