Gender diversity in R&D teams and innovation efficiency: Role of the innovation context✰
Gender diversity in R&D teams and innovation efficiency: Role of the innovation context✰
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R 中的性别多样性
DOI：
10.1016/j.respol.2019.103885
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发表时间：
2020
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影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Lu Qian
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作者：
Xie Luqun;Zhou Jieyu;Zong Qingqing;Lu Qian
性别多样性如何影响不同创新情境下的创新绩效一直是创新研究中一个复杂而未解决的难题。本研究旨在考察研究与开发（R&D）团队中的性别多样性对企业创新效率的影响，创新效率是指企业每单位R&D投资创造新产品销售额的能力。我们认为，性别多样性的R&D团队可以通过提供信息和社会效益，在整个创新过程中，促进创新效率。更重要的是，我们提出，这种积极的影响将增强时，任务强度或复杂性高，以及当市场竞争或市场的不确定性高。通过2009年至2013年中国沿海省份制造业企业的数据，我们为我们的理论框架找到了强有力的经验证据。最后，我们的研究提供了一些管理和政策的影响，与女性R&D员工的问题。
How gender diversity affects the innovation performance under different innovation contexts has been a complex and unsolved puzzle in the innovation literature. This study aims to examine the effect of gender diversity within research and development (R&D) teams on firms’ innovation efficiency, which is defined as their capability to generate new product sales per unit of R&D investment. We argue that gender diversity in R&D teams can promote innovation efficiency by providing informational and social benefits throughout the innovation process. More importantly, we propose that this positive effect will be enhanced when task intensity or complexity is high as well as when market competition or market uncertainty is high. With a unique dataset of manufacturing firms in a coastal province of China from 2009 to 2013, we find strong empirical evidence for our theoretical framework. Ultimately, our study provides several managerial and policy implications to the issues related with female R&D employees.