Minding the Gender Gap
Social Network and Internet Correlates of Business Performance Among Chinese Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3756594 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wenhong Chen (0000-0003-0521-2267, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA), Justin Tan (0000-0001-9929-4368, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Fangjing Tu (0000-0001-8748-7250, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 977-991 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764215580609 |
| OpenAlex | W2139432046 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 37 |
Existing studies have been inconclusive on whether and the extent to which gendered social networks contribute to the gender gap in business performance. Drawing on a random sample of Chinese Canadian entrepreneurs, this research examines the nexus of social networks, Internet use, and the gender gap in business performance. Results reveal a marked gender difference in firm size, which becomes narrowed after social networks, voluntary association participation, Internet use, and business characteristics are controlled. More important, network composition and structural position have different implications for men and women entrepreneurs. Men are more effective in converting relational advantages into business advantages. Interaction effects suggest that kin homophily hurts women's business performance but not men's. Yet, women gain more from participating in transnational entrepreneurship
Association (psychology) · Business · Business model · Demographic economics · Economics · Electronic business · Entrepreneurship · Gender gap · Homophily · Nexus (standard) · Position (finance) · Sociology · The Internet · Engineering · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Family Business Performance and Succession · Marketing · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Birds of a Feather
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,73 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |