RT Journal Article
T1 Gender diversity and innovation performance in family firms: Evidence from the Spanish manufacturing industry
A1 Fernández López, Sara
A1 Rodríguez-Gulías, María Jesús
A1 Calvo, Nuria
A1 Rodeiro-Pazos, David
K1 Family firms
K1 Innovation performance
K1 Gender diversity
K1 Top management teams
K1 Manufacturing industry
AB This paper, drawing on the upper echelon theory, examines the relationship between the existence and degree of gender diversity in top management teams (TMTs) with firm’s innovation performance, using a sample of 1.808 Spanish manufacturing firms. We follow a two-step multivariate analysis distinguishing between product and process innovation and comparing family and non-family. Our findings show a positive relationship between gender diversity and process innovation, and a U-shaped relationship between the degree of gender diversity and product innovation in family firms, but not in non-family firms.
PB Elsevier
SN 1879-1719
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/42850
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/42850
LA eng
NO References  Fernández-López, S., Rodríguez-Gulías, M. J., Calvo, N., & Rodeiro-Pazos, D. (2025). Gender diversity and innovation performance in family firms: Evidence from the Spanish manufacturing industry. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 77, 101904. https://10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101904
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026