dc.contributor.author | Verheul, Ingrid | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-27T18:31:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-01-27T18:31:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ingrid Verheul, 'Commitment or Control? HRM Practices in Female and Male-led Small Businesses', Senate Hall, 2018, International Review of Entrepreneurship, 329-354 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2009-2822 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/104690 | |
dc.description.abstract | Employee relations in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are often determined by the owner-manager who is faced with a trade-off between maintaining control and creating a positive and stimulating work environment to enhance employee commitment. This study investigates this trade-off in companies managed by female and male entrepreneurs. To test for gender differences use is made of a sample of 555 SMEs (with less than 100 employees) in the Netherlands. Contrary to what is generally believed, it is found that employee relations in female-led firms are more control-oriented than those in male-led firms. More specifically, female-led firms are more likely to be characterized by centralized decision-making and direct supervision of the production process.
Keywords: gender, entrepreneurship, human resource management, commitment, control | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Senate Hall | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | International Review of Entrepreneurship | en |
dc.relation.haspart | Vol. 16, Issue 3, 2018 | eng |
dc.rights | Y | |
dc.source | International Review of Entrepreneurship | |
dc.subject | gender|entrepreneurship|human resource management|commitment|control | en |
dc.title | Commitment or Control? HRM Practices in Female and Male-led Small Businesses | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.status.refereed | Yes | |
dc.description.affiliation | Ingrid Verheul (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands) | |
dc.publisher.place | Dublin | |
dc.rights.ecaccessrights | openAccess | |
dc.format.extentpagination | 329-354 | |