When owner, family, and community roles intertwine: Examining entrepreneurs’ persistence decisions and the gender effect

How coaching services help early stage entrepreneurs: an exploration of gender differences

“…Compared to men entrepreneurs, women involved in high growth ventures have fewer social capital connections in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, whereas those pursuing survival and lifestyle ventures have relatively more such connections (Neumeyer et al , 2019). Drawing on social role theory, studies have also found that women entrepreneurs are more inclined to engage in socially responsible behavior than their male counterparts (Zhu et al. , 2021).…”

“…, 2021). Moreover, when they decide to persist in a business that is not achieving performance goals, women entrepreneurs are influenced more by internal pressure to fulfill their owner roles, while men are influenced more by external pressure to fulfill community expectations (Zhu et al. , 2021).…”

“…, 2006). Moreover, men and women persist in underperforming ventures for different reasons – women are influenced by their emotional and identity connections to the business, while men are influenced by community expectations (Zhu et al. , 2021).…”

“…Compared to men entrepreneurs, women involved in high growth ventures have fewer social capital connections in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, whereas those pursuing survival and lifestyle ventures have relatively more such connections (Neumeyer et al, 2019). Drawing on social role theory, studies have also found that women entrepreneurs are more inclined to engage in socially responsible behavior than their male counterparts (Zhu et al, 2021). Moreover, when they decide to persist in a business that is not achieving performance goals, women entrepreneurs are influenced more by internal pressure to fulfill their owner roles, while men are influenced more by external pressure to fulfill community expectations (Zhu et al, 2021).…”

“…Drawing on social role theory, studies have also found that women entrepreneurs are more inclined to engage in socially responsible behavior than their male counterparts (Zhu et al, 2021). Moreover, when they decide to persist in a business that is not achieving performance goals, women entrepreneurs are influenced more by internal pressure to fulfill their owner roles, while men are influenced more by external pressure to fulfill community expectations (Zhu et al, 2021). Thus, the women's entrepreneurship literature suggests that gender differences matter to an understanding of how the entrepreneurial journey is experienced and enacted, which in turn, may have implications for the design of services that entrepreneurial support organizations provide.…”