The moderating role of individual and social resources in gender effect on entrepreneurial growth aspirations

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to examine how the effect of gender on entrepreneurial growth aspirations is moderated differently by individual resources (human and financial capital) compared to those within the social environment (availability of entrepreneurial knowledge and role models). Design/methodology/approach: A multilevel estimator is used to investigate the determinants of growth aspirations of owners-managers of nascent start-ups. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor database is employed, covering the period 2007–2019, with 99,000 useable cases drawn from 95 countries. Findings: The results suggest that individual financial resources and human capital have positive effects on entrepreneurial growth aspirations; yet these effects are weaker for female entrepreneurs relative to males. In contrast, the impact of the availability of entrepreneurial social knowledge and role models on their growth aspirations is more positive than for male entrepreneurs. Originality/value: This study offers a novel insight into entrepreneurial growth ambition, as it utilises a global perspective to scrutinise whether individual and social resources contribute differently to male versus female growth-aspirations, employing a multilevel approach. It also integrates insights from the resource-based view and from the relevant business literature on entrepreneurs’ gender to develop theoretical explanations.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-05-2023-0519
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Economics, Finance & Entrepreneurship
College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing
College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School
College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Work & Organisational Psychology
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Uncontrolled Keywords: Entrepreneurship,Gender,Global entrepreneurship monitor,Growth aspirations,Resource-based view,Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous),Business and International Management
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2024 07:57
Date Deposited: 25 Apr 2024 10:54
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2024-05-17
Published Online Date: 2024-04-23
Accepted Date: 2024-03-25
Authors: Nyakudya, Frederick
Mickiewicz, Tomasz (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-5261-5662)
Theodorakopoulos, Nicholas (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-2262-0054)

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