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Women in Sustainable Leadership and Entrepreneurship

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 18639

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Jurgita Raudeliūnienė

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Institute of Dynamic Management, Department of Business Technologies and Entrepreneurship, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: knowledge management; project management; strategic management; sustainable development; women leadership and entrepreneurship
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Dr. Ekaterina Albats

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School of Business and Management, LUT University, Yliopistonkatu 34, 53850 Lappeenranta, Finland
Interests: innovation management; university–industry collaboration; knowledge and technology transfer; open innovation; digital platforms; academic entrepreneurship; female entrepreneurship; sustainable entrepreneurship

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Rapid changes in technological development and transformational processes from information into a knowledgeable society influence not only public and private sectors' structural changes seeking sustainability, but also women in sustainable leadership and entrepreneurship role models and practices. In this situation, women have to explore effective and efficient leadership and entrepreneurship practices to adjust to the dynamic environment and create uniqueness and value, leading to sustainable development practices through local and global leadership. Women in sustainable leadership and entrepreneurship have various approaches, methods, and solutions to effectively and efficiently proceed with organizational structural transformations to adjust to dynamic changes and create uniqueness and value for the public and private organizations and society.

This Special Issue aims to present the most effective and efficient women in sustainable leadership and entrepreneurship perspectives, role models, methods, and other solutions in public and private sectors that are being developed for value creation, leading to local and global leadership. These include, in particular, but not exclusively:

  • Women in sustainable leadership
  • Women in sustainable entrepreneurship
  • Women's empowerment in sustainable entrepreneurship
  • Women's role models in sustainable leadership
  • Women's role models in the sustainable development of higher education institutions
  • Women's leadership practices in sustainable business development

Prof. Dr. Jurgita Raudeliūnienė
Dr. Ekaterina Albats
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • women in sustainable leadership
  • women in sustainable entrepreneurship
  • women's empowerment in sustainable entrepreneurship
  • women's role models in sustainable leadership
  • women's role models in the sustainable development of higher education institutions
  • women's leadership practices in sustainable business development

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Perceived Achievement of Social Entrepreneurship Competency: The Influence of Age, Discipline, and Gender among Women in Higher Education
by Marco Cruz-Sandoval, José Carlos Vázquez-Parra, Patricia Esther Alonso-Galicia and Martina Carlos-Arroyo
Sustainability 2023, 15(13), 9956; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15139956 - 22 Jun 2023
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The complexity of today’s world demands a shift in education from knowledge acquisition to competency development for students to effectively address profession-related challenges. In particular, there is a need for social entrepreneurs who can act as catalysts for change in complex environments. Understanding [...] Read more.
The complexity of today’s world demands a shift in education from knowledge acquisition to competency development for students to effectively address profession-related challenges. In particular, there is a need for social entrepreneurs who can act as catalysts for change in complex environments. Understanding the elements that shape students’ perception of themselves as social entrepreneurs allows us to grasp their capacity as catalysts for transformative action. The main purpose of this research is to showcase the findings of a diagnostic investigation carried out on a group of Mexican university students, assessing their perceived proficiency in social entrepreneurship and its sub-competencies. The study examined whether age or discipline influenced the perception of entrepreneurship in 328 students. The results revealed that age and study discipline played a crucial role in shaping students’ perception of their competency achievement. Younger students tended to perceive their abilities better, while advanced semester students were more cautious in assessing their entrepreneurial competencies. The trend also extended to sub-competencies, with younger students tending to perceive their social skills positively, while older students focused more on practical knowledge such as the economic and administrative aspects of entrepreneurship. Students in business also tended to view their skills more positively compared to students in other disciplines. The findings highlight the need to promote women’s social entrepreneurship and emphasize the importance of considering these relevant elements that are crucial to the concrete reality of potential female entrepreneurs. The study has significant implications for policymakers, educators, and researchers interested in promoting social entrepreneurship among women, particularly in the Latin American context. Full article
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Gender Diversity and Business Performance Nexus: A Synoptic Panorama Based on Bibliometric Network Analysis
by Victoria Bogdan, Dorina-Nicoleta Popa, Mărioara Beleneşi, Luminița Rus and Carmen-Mihaela Scorțe
Sustainability 2023, 15(3), 1801; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15031801 - 17 Jan 2023
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Board gender diversity literature has demonstrated the positive influence of female leaders’ traits, such as openness to negotiation and collaboration, greater flexibility in approaching professional tasks, and improved quality of life, on the business development strategy and consequently on the performance of the [...] Read more.
Board gender diversity literature has demonstrated the positive influence of female leaders’ traits, such as openness to negotiation and collaboration, greater flexibility in approaching professional tasks, and improved quality of life, on the business development strategy and consequently on the performance of the companies. This study aims to investigate gender diversity’s link to business performance through bibliometric network analysis, highlighting the scientific literature dynamics through a scientific mapping of the existing knowledge. The temporal evolution of the gender diversity and business performance nexus in the scientific publications selected from Web of Science was examined for 1996–2021, investigating more than 2000 documents and focusing on author, keyword, paper, journal, and topic analysis. The statistical processing of publications was performed in R using Bibliometrix and Biblioshiny software, revealing the most influential and prolific authors and also the most representative journals. Results of the panoramic synopsis analysis revealed outstanding research trends, topics related to women and business performance including women directors, firm performance, issues of board diversity including size, structure, board gender diversity, and independence of members, and issues connected to leadership and gender with items such as gender equality, diversity management, women on boards, and culture. Full article
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Detecting Female Students Transforming Entrepreneurial Competency, Mindset, and Intention into Sustainable Entrepreneurship
by Angel Chang, Dian-Fu Chang and Tien-Li Chen
Sustainability 2022, 14(20), 12970; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142012970 - 11 Oct 2022
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Entrepreneurship has been viewed as an opportunity for economic development and changing economic scenario in global markets. Women are viewed as a reservoir of entrepreneurial talents, so they can be growth engines in novel markets. Previous studies have considered entrepreneurship as the most [...] Read more.
Entrepreneurship has been viewed as an opportunity for economic development and changing economic scenario in global markets. Women are viewed as a reservoir of entrepreneurial talents, so they can be growth engines in novel markets. Previous studies have considered entrepreneurship as the most effective way towards the economic empowerment of women. Female students engaged in entrepreneurial education have been addressed persistently, while what transforms them in an education process is still unclear. Considering the transforming global economy and its influence on higher education, this study aims to detect female students transforming entrepreneurial competency, mindset, and intention into sustainable entrepreneurship. Using a self-compiled survey, we targeted 752 female students to investigate their entrepreneurial competency, mindset, and intention. SPSS and AMOS were used to transform the data for interpretation. We assumed that the impact of female student’s entrepreneurial competency could be modified by an entrepreneurial mindset and result in entrepreneurial intention. To detect this causal relationship, this study employed reliability, factor, structural equation modeling (SEM), and bootstrapping analyses to verify the evidence. The result of the SEM confirms that the female students’ entrepreneurial competency will, through their entrepreneurial mindset, impact entrepreneurial intention. With bootstrapping, 5000 samples were collected, and it was demonstrated that the measure constructs were still reliable in the model. This study found that there is a mediation effect between entrepreneurial competency and entrepreneurial intention. The entrepreneurial mindset plays a crucial role in the transformation process. Without an entrepreneurial mindset, entrepreneurial competency cannot exert a significant effect on entrepreneurial intention. The findings can help reinvent related entrepreneurial education in higher education. Full article
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Knowledge Management Practice for Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions: Women Managers’ Perspective
by Jurgita Raudeliuniene and Ibrahim Matar
Sustainability 2022, 14(19), 12311; https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912311 - 28 Sep 2022
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Women play a crucial leadership role in higher education institutions by implementing knowledge management practices; however, there is a lack of scientific studies that mainly investigate this role. Therefore, in order to fill this scientific studies gap, a purposive sampling technique focusing on [...] Read more.
Women play a crucial leadership role in higher education institutions by implementing knowledge management practices; however, there is a lack of scientific studies that mainly investigate this role. Therefore, in order to fill this scientific studies gap, a purposive sampling technique focusing on women managers and a survey were employed to collect data from 201 women working in managerial positions in Lebanese and Syrian higher education institutions. PLS structural equational modeling technique and independent sample t-test were used to analyze the influence of the knowledge management cycle on sustainability in higher education institutions through women managers’ perspectives. The findings revealed a positive and significant relationship among the analyzed knowledge management processes in the study, and some insignificant differences were detected in the independent sample t-test between the Lebanese and Syrian higher education institutions. The results of this study are valuable for strategic and knowledge management practitioners concerned with women’s leadership and implementation of knowledge management practices in higher education institutions for sustainability. Full article
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The Relationship between Female Leadership Traits and Employee Innovation Performance—The Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharing
by Zhucui Jing, Qiaozhen Hou, Yi Zhang and Yingsi Zhao
Sustainability 2022, 14(11), 6739; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116739 - 31 May 2022
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The arrival of the new economic era, especially the rapid development of the Internet era, provides a broader platform for the development of women; women leaders can be seen in various fields. The improvement of female leadership status makes more scholars pay attention [...] Read more.
The arrival of the new economic era, especially the rapid development of the Internet era, provides a broader platform for the development of women; women leaders can be seen in various fields. The improvement of female leadership status makes more scholars pay attention to the development and improvement of female leadership and leadership style, but few scholars study the influence of female leadership characteristics on employee innovation performance. This paper innovatively starts from female leadership, studies the relationship between female leadership characteristics and employee innovation performance, and takes knowledge sharing as an intermediary variable. This paper first uses flexible management theory, leadership style theory and caring ethics theory to construct the theoretical research model of this paper, and proposes four major hypotheses by sorting out the relationships among female leadership characteristics, knowledge sharing, and employee innovation performance. Secondly, a questionnaire suitable for this study was developed, and an empirical analysis was conducted by using SPSS, AMOS, and other software after 313 valid questionnaires were collected. The research conclusions of this paper are as follows: the characteristics of female leadership help employees to actively share knowledge within the organization; female leadership characteristics contribute to the improvement of employee innovation performance; and knowledge sharing plays a good mediating role in the improvement of employee innovation performance by female leadership traits. This paper enriches the research on leadership, especially female leadership, and provides a powerful supplement and explanation to the research on innovation. In addition, the research conclusions of this paper provide a new perspective on the leadership characteristics required by the enterprise for female leaders, and provide direction support for the sustainable development of female leaders in the enterprise. Full article
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