Women Entrepreneurs’ Education Level, Political Skill, and Firm Performance: Political Influence and Human Capital Theories

Abstract

Purpose: Because of the growing interest in the literature in education and political skill as facilitators of firm performance, this article aims to reveal whether there is a moderating role of women entrepreneurs’ political skill on the relationship between their education level and firm performance when firm- and entrepreneur-level characteristics remain under control.

Keywords

• women entrepreneurs
• education
• political skill
• firm performance
• venture performance
• political influence theory
• human capital theory
• l26
• l25
• c20