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The Yin and Yang of entrepreneurship: Gender differences in the importance of communal and agentic characteristics for entrepreneurs' subjective well-being and performance
Hmieleski, Keith M. Sheppard, Leah D.
Hmieleski, Keith M.
Sheppard, Leah D.
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2019-07-01
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This research examines gender differences in the relationships of entrepreneurs' agentic and communal personality characteristics with measures of subjective well-being and new venture performance. Results from a stratified national (USA) random sample of founding CEOs (N = 303) demonstrate the advantages of an agentic characteristic (creativity) for women and a communal characteristic (teamwork) for men, with regard to the respective abilities of such persons to achieve high levels of subjective well-being and new venture performance. These relative advantages for women and men were mediated by perceptions of person-work fit.
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Character strengths
Person-environment fit
Person-job fit
Positive organizational behavior
Positive psychology
Gender differences
Subjective well-being
Person-environment fit
Person-job fit
Positive organizational behavior
Positive psychology
Gender differences
Subjective well-being
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation