Gender diversity and innovation performance in family firms: Evidence from the Spanish manufacturing industry

Fernández-López, Sara; Rodríguez-Gulías, María Jesús; Calvo, Nuria; Rodeiro-Pazos, David

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Gender diversity and innovation performance in family firms: Evidence from the Spanish manufacturing industry

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URI: https://hdl.handle.net/2183/47619

DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101904

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2025

Authors

Fernández-López, Sara

Rodríguez-Gulías, María Jesús

Calvo, Nuria

Rodeiro-Pazos, David

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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://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101904

Abstract

[Abstract]: 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.