Gender Differences in Entrepreneurial Orientation

The following paper aims to analyze gender differences in entrepreneurial orientation. Based on the model of entrepreneurship orientation for the intrapreneurship, we have analyzed the proactivity, creativity, innovation and risk propensity as variables that capture the profile of the individual entrepreneur in the pre-stage company. To perform the analysis we have ed a sample of students the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos who attended extracurricular seminars on “Entrepreneurship and Leadership”. The study of gender difference has been made by a study of mean differences and a classification study by the method of discriminant analysis. The results not only indicate that there are significant differences in entrepreneurial behavior due to gender differences, but also the study of the group classification confirms the existence of distinct groups associated with gender. Specifically, the feminine gender is more risk averse and is considered less innovative. However, regarding proactivity, the feminine gender is associated more to attributes relating to responsibility, discipline and independence, and the masculine to initiative and leadership positions