Purpose

The paper explores the role of narcissism on entrepreneurs' decisions in terms of organizational choices, discussing gender differences. The aim relies in the influence that entrepreneurs' personality, capabilities and cognitive orientation have in the creation and management of start-ups.

Design/methodology/approach

Analyzing an Italian sample of 207 entrepreneurs and using Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and generalized linear model methods, the hypotheses were tested to understand whether and how narcissism affects Research and development (R&D) expenditure, patent ownership and the presence of a specialized team in organizations led by women and men entrepreneurs.

Findings

Differences in the management and organizational choices of narcissistic women entrepreneurs compared to their men counterparts emerged. First, results show that women entrepreneurs are less narcissistic than men. Second, gender is shown to moderate the effect of narcissism on the choice of having a qualified team in a start-up. Third, narcissistic women entrepreneurs were found to engage less in risk-taking activities, such as R&D expenditure, and to patent their ideas more than their male counterparts.

Originality/value

The study expands the existing literature by applying a gendered lens to entrepreneurs' narcissism to investigate whether they behave and manage their start-ups differently.

中文翻译：

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我的选择比你的好！自恋创业者的性别差异

目的

本文探讨了自恋对企业家在组织选择方面的决策的作用，讨论了性别差异。其目的依赖于企业家的人格、能力和认知取向对初创企业创建和管理的影响。

设计/方法/途径

分析了意大利 207 名企业家的样本，并使用方差分析 (ANOVA) 和广义线性模型方法，对假设进行了检验，以了解自恋是否以及如何影响研发 (R&D) 支出、专利所有权以及专业团队的存在由男女企业家领导的组织。

发现

与男性同行相比，自恋女企业家在管理和组织选择方面存在差异。首先，结果表明女性企业家比男性更少自恋。其次，性别被证明可以缓和自恋对在初创企业中选择拥有合格团队的影响。第三，自恋的女企业家被发现较少从事研发支出等冒险活动，并且比男性企业家更多地为自己的想法申请专利。

原创性/价值

该研究通过对企业家的自恋应用性别视角来扩展现有文献，以调查他们的行为和管理初创企业的方式是否不同。