What stands behind the gender gap in entrepreneurship? Untangling the intergenerational parental role.

ABSTRACT: This research examines the entrepreneurship gender gap by offering an additional novel explanation for the higher share of men in entrepreneurial activity focusing on intergenerational parental role. Participants (N = 1288) aged 18-81, including 259 actual entrepreneurs, completed questionnaires about entrepreneurship tendency, personality traits and socioeconomic background. The gender gap in actual entrepreneurship continues a significant difference in entrepreneurial tendency, which is developed in the first and the second stages of the entrepreneurial trajectory. When women reach the third stage of entrepreneurial development, the execution stage, they have already acquired a self-perception of an incapable and incommensurate entrepreneurial personality. The results indicate that role

SUBMITTER: Zelekha Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8691600 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature