Does gender still matter? An examination of small business performance

Kiefer, Kip; Heileman, Mark D.; Pett, Timothy L.

doi:10.1007/s11187-020-00403-2

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“…For this purpose, we used the top-level economic classifications of the EU (European Commission, 2011 ) aggregated them into three sector groups: manufacturing, service, and others. We also included the gender of the respondent (as a dummy variable called female) in the analysis, since the influence of gender on performance is still subject to debating (Kiefer et al, 2020 ). Finally, we included the extent to which the company is directly affected by the COVID-19 crisis in the analysis, as a strong negative correlation to performance was expectable.…”

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The power of shared positivity: organizational psychological capital and firm performance during exogenous crises

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This study examines the influence of organizational psychological capital on the performance of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) during crises. We argue that SMEs use their intangible resources to cope with difficult situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, we investigate how organizational psychological capital impacts performance and creative innovation through such intangible resources, namely, organizational citizenship behavior, solidarity, and cooperation. Methodologically, we combine structural equation modelling and regression analysis on a dataset of 379 SMEs. Our results support the notion that organizational psychological capital positively influences creative innovation of SMEs and thus performance during crises. Our research contributes to the organizational behavior literature by showing that psychological resources of SMEs can strengthen performance in times of crisis and help to prepare for future ones.

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The power of shared positivity: organizational psychological capital and firm performance during exogenous crises

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“…Recent studies show that gender differences continue to be important in explaining firm performance. Kiefer et al (2020) analyze differences in the performance of female- versus male-led firms over a 15-year period in the USA. The results indicate that gender differences persist.…”

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Gender and financial performance in SMEs in emerging economies

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Correa

2022

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how chief executive officer (CEO) gender relates to financial performance in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a Latin American emerging economy like Chile. Design/methodology/approach The authors apply a questionnaire on a sample of 188 SMEs in Chile in 2017. The authors apply multiple ordinary least squares regression models to test the effects of CEO gender on SME performance using the industry location indicators to account for unobserved heterogeneity in the sample. As a robustness test the authors use hierarchical regression analysis. Findings The authors find a positive relationship between the presence of female CEOs and firm performance. Then, when probing whether the sociodemographic characteristics of the CEO are related to firm performance or moderate the gender-performance relationship, the authors do not find statistically significant evidence that these types of characteristics affect the performance of SMEs. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the present study is the first to investigate the relationship between CEO gender and financial performance of SMEs in an emerging Latin American economy. The study contributes to the general literature by reporting comparable evidence with studies in developed economies.

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“…This paper contributes to the existing literature on gender and entrepreneurship (Rijkers & Costa, 2012 ; Kiefer et al, 2020 ) specifically in the context of a developing country (Bernat et al, 2017 ; Gang et al, 2021 ). The findings from this paper highlight the importance of gendered social norms in perpetuating gender gap in firm productivity in the unorganised manufacturing sector in India.…”

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The penalty of work from home: gender gap in productivity of unorganised manufacturing firms in India

Bose

2022

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This study estimates the contribution of gendered social norms in explaining the gender gap in productivity of unorganised manufacturing firms. Restrictions on mobility and burden of household work mean that female firm-owners primarily operate from their household premises. Using data from unorganised firms operating in the manufacturing sector in India, this paper finds gender gap in firm productivity. The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition at mean show that despite controlling for size of the firm, assets and other conventional factors, the location of a female proprietary firm within the household premises of the owner explains 19% of the observed gender gap in productivity. The RIF decomposition results show that at the different quartiles, this contribution varies from 19 to 36% of the composition effect. The evidence suggests that the persistence of the gender gap in firm productivity is associated with the persistence of gendered social norms. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11187-022-00637-2.

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Does gender still matter? An examination of small business performance

Cited by 44 publications

References 43 publications

The power of shared positivity: organizational psychological capital and firm performance during exogenous crises

The power of shared positivity: organizational psychological capital and firm performance during exogenous crises

Gender and financial performance in SMEs in emerging economies

The penalty of work from home: gender gap in productivity of unorganised manufacturing firms in India

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