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Gender Bias, Institutional Predicaments And Innovativeness Of Female Ceos In China

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  • JUNMIN WANG

    (Department of Sociology, University of Memphis, Clement Hall 229B, Memphis, TN 38152, USA)

  • CAROLINE VIRGINIA REILLY

    (Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA)

  • KANIZ FATEMA

    (Department of Sociology, University of Iowa, USA)

Abstract

The benefits of female leaders in economic organizations increasingly are being reported. A large body of empirical studies focuses on the differences between female and male leaders regarding their personality characteristics, social skills and leadership styles. The existing literature pays insufficient attention to the institutional, cultural and organizational contexts that predetermine the mechanisms of shaping the leadership-performance linkage. By analyzing a national sample of Chinese private companies, we offer evidence for female CEOs’ heightened innovativeness compared to male CEOs. We suggest that organizational bias in selecting leadership and discrimination practices compel female CEOs to develop and utilize innovative capacities. A firm’s institutional environment moderates the positive role of female CEOs on firm innovativeness. The positive effects of female CEOs in promoting firm innovativeness are more potent in regions with lower GDP levels and less government support, where discriminations against women are more pervasive and deep-seated.

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  • Junmin Wang & Caroline Virginia Reilly & Kaniz Fatema, 2022. "Gender Bias, Institutional Predicaments And Innovativeness Of Female Ceos In China," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 27(01), pages 1-29, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jdexxx:v:27:y:2022:i:01:n:s1084946722500078
    DOI: 10.1142/S1084946722500078
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    1. Qiujia Lai & Gukseong Lee, 2023. "RETRACTED: An Exploratory Study of the Intrinsic Mechanisms of Occupational Stigma Consciousness, Career Development, and Work–Life Balance among Female Leaders," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(22), pages 1-16, November.
    2. Javed, Muzhar & Wang, Fangjun & Usman, Muhammad & Ali Gull, Ammar & Uz Zaman, Qamar, 2023. "Female CEOs and green innovation," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).

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