Women in the family business: self and family's influence on their perceptions of financial performance

IF 3.1 Q2 BUSINESS
Ana C. González L., Yeny E. Rodríguez, Carol Sánchez
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Abstract

Purpose

This study examines how women and men in family firms respond differently when asked about perceptions of financial performance. The study poses three research questions around this topic: Are there differences among female and male responses, do those perceptions change if men and women are leaders of the family business and does the family's socioemotional wealth (SEW) influence such responses.

Design/methodology/approach

This study uses a quantitative research design to determine if financial performance perceptions of family firms differ based on the gender of the respondents and their leadership position, and second, if SEW's dimensions influence those perceptions, using data from the Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices (STEP) survey in 2015.

Findings

The findings indicate that due to the lack of theory regarding gender as a social construct, empirical data collected for family business studies should take under consideration if respondents are women, men, leaders and the family influence in the family business when collecting data from surveys and asking for perceptions of financial performance. Results show that women in family businesses tend to have more positive perceptions of financial performance than men, but if women are leaders, those perceptions not only decrease but become negative. In addition, the family's socioemotional wealth (SEW) exacerbates those tendencies.

Originality/value

This study contributes to the literature by helping to understand the potential limitations of subjective measures of financial performance, as women increasingly become family business leaders. It also contributes to gender studies by demonstrating that there is a lack of gender theoretical perspectives specifically, gender roles, suggesting that differences in self-promotion and self-evaluation between men and women leaders of their family firms. Finally, this study adds to the study of SEW as a multidimensional construct by showing the different effects, or lack of them by each dimension and showing the strong effect of family continuity on the perception of financial performance.

家族企业中的女性:自我和家庭对她们财务绩效看法的影响
目的:本研究考察了家族企业中的女性和男性在被问及财务绩效时的不同反应。该研究围绕这一主题提出了三个研究问题:女性和男性的反应是否存在差异?如果男性和女性是家族企业的领导者,这些看法是否会改变?家族的社会情感财富(SEW)是否会影响这种反应?设计/方法/方法本研究采用定量研究设计来确定家族企业的财务绩效感知是否因受访者的性别和领导职位而有所不同,其次,使用2015年成功跨代创业实践(STEP)调查的数据,确定SEW的维度是否影响这些感知。研究结果表明,由于缺乏将性别作为一种社会结构的理论,在收集调查数据并询问对财务绩效的看法时,为家族企业研究收集的实证数据应考虑受访者是女性、男性、领导者以及家族在家族企业中的影响。结果显示,家族企业中的女性往往比男性对财务业绩有更积极的看法,但如果女性是领导者,这种看法不仅会减少,而且会变得消极。此外,家庭的社会情感财富(SEW)加剧了这些趋势。原创性/价值随着女性越来越多地成为家族企业的领导者,这项研究有助于理解财务绩效主观衡量的潜在局限性,从而对文献做出了贡献。它还有助于性别研究,因为它表明缺乏性别理论观点,特别是性别角色,表明其家族企业的男女领导人在自我推销和自我评价方面存在差异。最后,本研究通过显示每个维度的不同影响或缺乏影响,并显示家庭连续性对财务绩效感知的强烈影响,从而补充了SEW作为一个多维结构的研究。
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期刊介绍: Launched in 2009, the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship (IJGE) aims to facilitate the natural evolution of the field of gender and entrepreneurship by drawing together the very best research contributions from around the world. The journal seeks to: -Provide a dedicated publication outlet for high calibre, international research of interest to scholars, entrepreneurs and policy makers in the field of gender and entrepreneurship -Offer a unique perspective on the practice of gender and entrepreneurship by including sections dedicated to practitioner and policy content -Support a more consistent global approach to the presentation of research in the field -Platform the work of dynamic young researchers and those who are in a position to offer new perspectives on this particular research area -Enable those active in the area as researchers, educators, trainers, practitioners, support personnel and policy makers to keep up to date with the field on an international level. The coverage of the journal includes, but is not limited to: Entrepreneurship, Female/Women’s entrepreneurship , Business, Management, Strategy, Gender, Economics, Internationalization, Marketing.
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