Institutional Theory and Contextual Embeddedness of Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership: Evidence from 92 Countries

Yousafzai, Shumaila; Saeed, Saadat; Muffatto, Moreno

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12179

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“…This is in line with the literature stream on women entrepreneurship discussing the effect of country-level dimensions affecting the propensity of women to start their own ventures (e.g. De Bruin, Brush, & Welter, 2007;Estrin & Mickiewicz, 2011;Klyver, Nielsen, & Evald, 2013;Yousafzai, Saeed, & Muffatto, 2015). Furthermore, future research could also consider the differences among families that may shape family business goals, behaviors, and outcomes (Aldrich & Cliff, 2003;Dyer, 2006).…”

Section: Future Research Agendasupporting

confidence: 75%

Women’s involvement in family firms: Progress and challenges for future research

Campopiano

Massis

Rinaldi

et al. 2017

Journal of Family Business Strategy

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This article reviews research on women's involvement in family firms according to a driversbehaviors-outcomes framework. Through a systematic review, we analyze and organize the content of 87 academic articles according to the type of involvement of women in family business, i.e. entrepreneurial entry, succession, career dynamics, and presence in family firms. We identify the drivers and outcomes of women's involvement in family firms at the firm, family, and individual level of analysis, as well as the contextual factors that may influence the aforementioned elements. Drawing on these findings, we identify relevant research gaps, propose a number of future research directions aimed at bridging these gaps, and suggest unexplored research avenues.

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Section: Future Research Agendasupporting

confidence: 75%

Women’s involvement in family firms: Progress and challenges for future research

Campopiano

Massis

Rinaldi

et al. 2017

Journal of Family Business Strategy

131

159

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“…Prior empirical research on the link between institutions and female entrepreneurship reports mixed results (Yousafzai et al, 2015;Goltz et al, 2015;Lee and Marvel, 2014;Thébaud, 2015). Given these inconsistent results, we can suggest that some complexity may persist in the relationship between institutions and women's entrepreneurial behaviors; thus, we emphasize the need to investigate the potential sequential process by which institutions may energize or damage female entrepreneurs' long-term survival and business growth.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The legal framework is essential to entrepreneurship because it influences entrepreneurial cognitions, such as willingness, confidence and visions (Lim et al, 2010;Yousafzai et al, 2015). From an institutional perspective, formalized institutional benefits -such as financial grants, subsidies, one-on-one counselling and technical and legal guidance -are widely recognized in the entrepreneurship literature as the key determinants of women's entrepreneurial efforts (Mũnoz and Kibler, 2016).…”

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Institutional support and women’s entrepreneurial self-efficacy

Kazumi

Kawai

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to explores the extent to which local institutional forces affect female entrepreneurial venture performance. Drawing upon a unified theoretical framework of social cognitive and institutional perspectives, the authors scrutinize the complex interplay among institutional support, entrepreneurial cognitions and entrepreneurial success. Design/methodology/approach Based on a unique sample of 202 female entrepreneurs in 30 provinces throughout Japan, this paper grounded social cognitive theory and attempted to clear the relation between women’s entrepreneurial self-efficacy and venture performance empirically by statistical analysis. Findings The findings of structural equation modeling indicate that women’s entrepreneurial self-efficacy is a strong and useful mediator of the effect of informal institutional support on venture performance. Unexpectedly, formal institutional support shows no correlation with entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Practical implications This study proposes that perceived social legitimacy may lead to increased entrepreneurial self-efficacy, thereby enhancing venture performance. This finding can clarify the institutional force pathways to foster entrepreneurial confidence. Originality/value This study contributes to the field of female entrepreneurship by examining institutional antecedents of women’s entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Focused on the case of Japanese female entrepreneurs, this study is unique and valuable.

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“…In the first paper, Yousafzai and Saeed () examine the mediating role of the vision for women's entrepreneurship on the relationship between the regulatory, normative and cognitive pillars of institutional theory and women's entrepreneurial leadership in 92 countries. In so doing, they present a multilevel framework that conceptualizes the contextual embeddedness of entrepreneurship and institutional theory.…”

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Entrepreneurial Leadership and Gender: Exploring Theory and Practice in Global Contexts

Henry¹,

Foss

Fayolle

et al. 2015

Journal of Small Business Management

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This article reflects on extant scholarship on entrepreneurial leadership and gender, as published in both the Journal of Small Business Management and elsewhere. As such, it lays the foundation for the special issue, and contributes to current knowledge in the field. Our selected papers—summarized and critiqued in this article—collectively offer a contemporary view of women's entrepreneurial leadership at the global level that should usefully contribute to extending scholarly debates. In this regard, we highlight the diversity and complexity of women's entrepreneurial leadership, and demonstrate that it is both economically and contextually embedded, worthy of further scholarly attention.

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Institutional Theory and Contextual Embeddedness of Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership: Evidence from 92 Countries

Cited by 113 publications

References 89 publications

Women’s involvement in family firms: Progress and challenges for future research

Women’s involvement in family firms: Progress and challenges for future research

Institutional support and women’s entrepreneurial self-efficacy

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Gender: Exploring Theory and Practice in Global Contexts

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