Conditioned to care: Gender differences in entrepreneurs’ socially responsible behaviors
研究整合公民参与中的分类模型、开明自利与性别角色理论，发现男女企业家同样受开明自利驱动，但教育分类模型更能解释男性企业家的社会责任行为。
Relatively little research examines the microfoundations of social responsibility in the small business setting, despite the demonstrated importance of entrepreneurs’ socially responsible behavior to their communities. Prior research suggests that although men and women are similar in their propensities to engage in helping behaviors, gender remains an important consideration. We integrate the sorting model from the civic engagement literature and enlightened self-interest with gender role theory to examine why and how entrepreneurs vary in socially responsible behaviors. Our results demonstrate that male and female entrepreneurs are similarly motivated by enlightened self-interest, but the sorting model of education better explains male entrepreneurs’ social responsibility.