Does gender affect innovation? Evidence from female chief technology officers

Qiang Wu; Wassim Dbouk; Iftekhar Hasan; Nada Kobeissi; Li Zheng

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2021.104327

Does gender affect innovation? Evidence from female chief technology officers

Qiang Wu, Wassim Dbouk, Iftekhar Hasan, Nada Kobeissi, Li Zheng

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Abstract

In this paper, we examine the impact of female Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) on corporate innovation. We find that firms with female CTOs are more innovative (as captured by both patent counts and patent citations) than firms with male CTOs. This effect is more pronounced for firms with a stronger innovation-supportive culture, firms with female CEOs, and when female CTOs are more powerful. Using mediation analyses, we further validate that female CTOs’ transformational leadership style is a plausible mechanism through which they affect innovation positively.

Original language	English
Article number	104327
Journal	Research Policy
Volume	50
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2021.104327
Publication status	Published - Nov 2021

Keywords

CTOs
Female executives
Innovation
Transformational leadership style

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Strategy and Management
Management Science and Operations Research
Management of Technology and Innovation

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