An investigation of the masculinity of entrepreneurial orientation in family business

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Nancy Forster-Holt, James H. Davis
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Abstract

Purpose

Miller (2011) revisited his influential 1983 work on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and remarked that its underlying drivers are fully open to debate, fresh scholarship and connection with new theories. Indeed, the genealogy of the EO construct is rarely questioned. We take a “making masculinity visible” approach, engaging with a lens of masculinity, precarious manhood theory (PMT) and double standards of competency, to define and test the masculine elements of EO in the setting of family business CEOs.

Design/methodology/approach

Using the 2019 Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Project (STEP) dataset, a comprehensive database of family business chief executive officers (CEOs), we examined the construct of EO, in whole and in its masculine elements. Stepwise multiple regression method was used to test the hypotheses of this study. Control variables entered the equation first, followed by the variable of interest for this study.

Findings

We find differences by gender when EO is tested as a whole construct. Further in testing its masculine dimensions, we find that being male is significant to the elements of autonomy and competitive aggressiveness and that gender is not significant to risk-taking.

Originality/value

Although research on the widespread and influential EO continues to proliferate (Covin and Wales, 2019), there is not an understanding of its applicability across genders (Fellnhofer et al., 2016). It is possible that EO may not explain how women do business. Our study contributes to the understanding of between-gender differences in EO, and our findings suggest that the masculine elements of EO vary by gender.

家族企业中创业导向的男性气质调查
目的米勒(2011 年)重温了他 1983 年关于创业导向(EO)的有影响力的著作,并指出其基本驱动因素完全可以接受辩论、新的学术研究以及与新理论的联系。事实上,EO 概念的谱系很少受到质疑。我们采取了一种 "让男性气质显性化 "的方法,从男性气质、不稳定男子气概理论(PMT)和能力双重标准的视角出发,以家族企业首席执行官为背景,界定并检验了EO的男性元素。我们采用逐步多元回归法来检验本研究的假设。首先输入控制变量,然后输入本研究感兴趣的变量。此外,在测试其男性维度时,我们发现男性对自主性和竞争进取性的影响显著,而性别对冒险性的影响并不显著。原创性/价值虽然有关EO的广泛而有影响力的研究不断涌现(Covin和Wales,2019年),但人们对其在不同性别间的适用性并不了解(Fellnhofer等人,2016年)。EO可能无法解释女性如何经商。我们的研究有助于人们了解企业经营的性别差异,我们的研究结果表明,企业经营中的男性元素因性别而异。
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