Determining the applicability of feminist theories by examining the mediation and moderation effects on non‐economic performance in Lao micro, small, and medium‐sized enterprises

Inmyxai, Sengaloun; Takahashi, Yoshi

doi:10.1108/17542411111175450

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“…However, differences exist in the strategies they adopt, which may vary in terms of cultural, social, and environmental factors within their organizations. Males and females differ in their orientation towards business practices while managing SMEs, noting that males are more inclined to take risks to expand the business and try to lead the market [54]. In contrast, females may have "communal qualities" such as "selflessness" and "concern for others", which may not necessarily improve firm performance.…”

Section: The Moderating Role Of Gendermentioning

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Managers’ Open Innovation and Business Performance in SMEs: A Moderated Mediation Model of Job Crafting and Gender

Ali

Malik

et al. 2020

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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There is growing acceptability in redesigning jobs to achieve goals and objectives nowadays. Employees who indulge in exploiting and exploring opportunities for the business tend to craft their jobs, which can help to enhance business performance. This study aims to examine that how ambidextrous managers in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) craft their tasks as a strategy for open innovation to enhance business performance. This study also attempts to assess the moderating role of gender in evaluating the relationship. Simple random sampling is used to administer a structured questionnaire to 650 operations managers employed in service-sector SMEs. The findings reveal that, when male managers involve in explorative and exploitative activities, they tend to craft their jobs more as compared to females. In turn, when jobs are redesigned, it brings a positive impact on business performance as perceived by the managers. The study provides implications for the policy makers with regard to device measures to enhance the job crafting capacity of managers with specific attention to female managers in the case of small and medium enterprises. The present study provides a novel explanation of the relationship between manager ambidextrous behavior and business performance through the mediation of job crafting among top managers working in small and medium organizations, with an overarching view of gender.

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Section: The Moderating Role Of Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%

Managers’ Open Innovation and Business Performance in SMEs: A Moderated Mediation Model of Job Crafting and Gender

Ali

Malik

et al. 2020

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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“…We have adopted the official enterprise surveys (ES) definition for Lao PDR family business provided by the World Bank related to policies of MSMEs (Inmyxai and Takahashi, 2011; World Bank, 2018). The most common definition used involves various quantitative criteria, which are categorized by the number of employees in a business and the annual turnover.…”

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“…The finance literature is replete with studies on women entrepreneurs in Lao PDR (Inmyxai and Takahashi, 2011; Tachibana, 2014). Such studies seem to have a consensus on conceptualizing finance as the first stage of women running their family-owned business, i.e.…”

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“…This result is consistent with Kyophilavong et al (2016) who indicate that women entrepreneurs in the Lao PDR reforms are involved in both supply–leading and demand–following financial growth. On the basis of Inmyxai and Takahashi (2011), an analysis of the feminist literature, theories concerning Lao PDR women become entrepreneurs are driven by non-economic and personal factors, i.e. feminist-related factors (family support, own business and skills).…”

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“…Lao PDR is the sole landlocked country in Southeast Asia, with the greatest challenges regarding the development of their financial resources for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) (Inmyxai and Takahashi, 2011). At the end of 2010, the financial institutional reforms started to overcome the finance gap which women entrepreneurs were not able to fill.…”

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Svensson

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Determining the applicability of feminist theories by examining the mediation and moderation effects on non‐economic performance in Lao micro, small, and medium‐sized enterprises

Cited by 7 publications

References 42 publications

Managers’ Open Innovation and Business Performance in SMEs: A Moderated Mediation Model of Job Crafting and Gender

Managers’ Open Innovation and Business Performance in SMEs: A Moderated Mediation Model of Job Crafting and Gender

Financing accumulation for start-up capital

Economic and Non-economic Satisfaction as Outcomes of Micro-enterprises’ Perceived Value from Banking Relationships

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