CEO gender and social versus economic value creation of social enterprises

An attention-based view

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12920975
AutoresHsing‐Er Lin (0000-0003-4431-5779, National Sun Yat-sen University, autor de correspondencia), Andy Yu (0000-0001-7307-296X, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater), Jeongho Choi (0000-0002-8060-7907, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater), Chiung-Wen Tsao (0000-0002-5323-9635, National University of Tainan), Jeff Stambaugh (0000-0002-4624-1809, Midwestern State University), Dina L Taylor (University of Illinois Chicago)
Año2023
Volumen39
Número1
Páginas87-106
Fecha de publicación2023-07-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGender in Management An International Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1754-2413 • E-ISSN: 1754-2421
EditorialEmerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1108/gm-06-2022-0219
OpenAlexW4383853113
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas57

Purpose This study aims to investigate the effects of CEO gender on social enterprise (SE) value creation and the moderating effect of selective attention on SEs’ dual goals (i.e. relative attention to social versus economic goals). Design/methodology/approach The authors surveyed 596 active Taiwanese SEs to rate independent and moderating variables and received 191 responses (109 female and 82 male CEOs). The authors used external SE experts to evaluate each SE’s economic and social value creation, lowering the threat of common method bias and enhancing data quality. Findings Social value creation is higher with female chief executive officer (CEOs) (than with male CEOs), whereas economic value creation tends to be lower. But, attentional selection (i.e. changes in attention) to economic goals by female CEOs mitigates the negative relationship between female CEOs and economic value creation. Practical implications Gender diversity in the top management team is critical for dual-goal attainment. Decision-makers’ attention focus could vary along with the situation to achieve the desired outcomes. Thus, creating an attention structure under a given situation may help guide the decision-making process toward the desired performance for SEs. Originality/value Little research brings the attention-based view to investigate the effects of managerial gender roles on the dual-goal performance (i.e. social versus economic value creation) of SEs and test its contingency, and to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to do so. This study also adopted a unique research design asking outside SE experts to provide the performance data

Business · Chief executive officer · Contingency · Contingency theory · Dual (grammatical number · Economics · Management · Originality · Value (mathematics · Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Family Business Performance and Succession · Psychology · Social Psychology · Marketing