TAILIEUCHUNG - Determining applicability of feminist theories by examining the mediation and moderation effects on economic performance in Lao micro, small, and medium size enterprises
This study aimed to establish the applicability of social feminist theory and liberal feminist theory to micro, small, and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) by examining the results of the mediation effects and moderation effects of the gender of entrepreneurs. | Faculty of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship International Review (2014 ) 43 ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPER Determining Applicability of Feminist Theories by Examining the Mediation and Moderation Effects on Economic Performance in Lao Micro, Small, and Medium Size Enterprises Inmyxai Sengaloun12 Takahashi Yoshi13 Nham Phong Tuan14 Abstract This study aimed to establish the applicability of social feminist theory and liberal feminist theory to micro, small, and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) by examining the results of the mediation effects and moderation effects of the gender of entrepreneurs. Data was collected in 2005, 2007, and 2009 by the Enterprises Baseline Survey (EBS) from the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ). The findings showed that social feminist theory is more applicable than liberal feminist theory. This paper suggests implications for both practitioners and policymakers for improvements and ways to utilize some firm resources and networks and reduce the gender gap. KEY WORDS: gender, mediation, moderation, social feminist theory, liberal feminist theory, firm performance JEL: O10, J16, J21 UDC: (598) 211707916 Introduction This study investigated the application of two feminist theories, liberal feminist theory and social feminist theory, as the base theory. These were supported by resource-based view (RBV) and network theory as sub-theories. There is consensus between the two feminist theories regarding mediation effects of firm resources, networks, and operation factors and firm performance, but liberal feminist theory suggests that there are no moderation effects of firm resources, networks, and operation factors while the social feminist theory believes effects exist. 12 Ministry of Finance ,Vientiane, Lao PDR,e-mail: sengaloun777@ Hiroshima University, Hiroshima city, Japan 14 University of Economics and Business-VNU, Hanoi, .
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