Practice rather than preach: cultural practices and female social entrepreneurship

This paper draws on practice theory to argue that the practiced culture of a society and gender interact to create cultured capacities for social entrepreneurship among entrepreneurs. We combine data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) with the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavio...

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Published inSmall business economics Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 1131 - 1151
Main Authors Hechavarría, Diana M., Brieger, Steven A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.02.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Behavior
Business and Management
Collectivism
Cultural values
Culture
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Females
Future
Gender
Industrial Organization
Knowledge
Leadership
Management
Microeconomics
Organizational behavior
Social entrepreneurship
Society
Uncertainty
L26
M16
Social entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
Female entrepreneurship
Global leadership and effectiveness study
Z10
L31
M10
Culture
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Summary:This paper draws on practice theory to argue that the practiced culture of a society and gender interact to create cultured capacities for social entrepreneurship among entrepreneurs. We combine data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) with the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) and World Bank (WB) to identify what cultural practices are most relevant for female entrepreneurs’ practice of social entrepreneurship across 33 countries. Our findings suggest that female entrepreneurs are more likely to engage in social entrepreneurship when cultural practices of power distance, humane orientation, and in-group collectivism are low, and cultural practices of future orientation and uncertainty avoidance are high, when compared to male entrepreneurs.
ISSN:0921-898X
1573-0913
DOI:10.1007/s11187-020-00437-6