A Gender-Aware Study of Self-Leadership Strategies among High-Growth Entrepreneurs

We apply a gender-aware framework to examine the self-leadership strategies men and women early stage high-growth entrepreneurs employ as they develop innovations. Utilizing a matched-pair sample of early stage entrepreneurs operating firms in high-technology business incubators, our results suggest...

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Published in:Journal of small business management 2019-01, Vol.57 (1), p.110-130
Main Authors: Bendell, Bari L., Sullivan, Diane M., Marvel, Matthew R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business incubators
Cues
Entrepreneurs
Females
Founders
Gender
Innovations
Intellectual development
Intellectual property
Leadership
Males
Property development
Technology
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Summary:We apply a gender-aware framework to examine the self-leadership strategies men and women early stage high-growth entrepreneurs employ as they develop innovations. Utilizing a matched-pair sample of early stage entrepreneurs operating firms in high-technology business incubators, our results suggest that female and male entrepreneurs have significantly different self-goal-setting and self-cueing behaviors. Results also suggest male entrepreneurs who use stronger goal-setting behaviors increase their intellectual property development to a greater extent than female founders. Further, for female entrepreneurs who use greater self-cueing, the negative relationship realized with intellectual property development is lower than for male entrepreneurs.
ISSN:0047-2778
1540-627X
DOI:10.1111/jsbm.12490