TY - JOUR
T1 - A lot of different flowers make a bouquet
T2 - The effect of gender composition on technology-based entrepreneurial student teams
AU - Neumeyer, Xaver
AU - Santos, Susana C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - In this study we explore the role of compositional variables such as the proportion of women in teams and aspects of team dynamics such as communication frequency, multiplexity and the formation of subgroups, on the performance of technology-based entrepreneurial student teams. Using data collected during three time periods on 30 teams enrolled in a team-based entrepreneurship course run by a major Midwest university, our results showed that the proportion of women and the existence of multiplex ties among team members have a positive influence on team performance, while the number of team factions is negatively related to team performance. Implications for team-based entrepreneurship programs and women in technology entrepreneurship are drawn.
AB - In this study we explore the role of compositional variables such as the proportion of women in teams and aspects of team dynamics such as communication frequency, multiplexity and the formation of subgroups, on the performance of technology-based entrepreneurial student teams. Using data collected during three time periods on 30 teams enrolled in a team-based entrepreneurship course run by a major Midwest university, our results showed that the proportion of women and the existence of multiplex ties among team members have a positive influence on team performance, while the number of team factions is negatively related to team performance. Implications for team-based entrepreneurship programs and women in technology entrepreneurship are drawn.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11365-019-00603-7
DO - 10.1007/s11365-019-00603-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074721728
SN - 1554-7191
VL - 16
SP - 93
EP - 114
JO - International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
JF - International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
IS - 1
ER -