In this study, we propose entrepreneurial leadership as an important enabler of emerging market international new venture growth (EINVs) and investigate how and when it enhances EINVs. We examined this by considering international explorative and exploitative learning as key mediators and gender diversity of senior management as an important contingency variable. By using survey data from 110 EINVs in Pakistan, the results indicate that international explorative and exploitative learning mediate the effect of entrepreneurial leadership on the international performance of EINVs. Furthermore, the moderation analysis revealed that the positive impact of entrepreneurial leadership on international explorative and exploitative learning is conditioned on the gender diversity of senior management. The implications of the findings are discussed.

在这项研究中，我们提出创业领导力是新兴市场国际新创企业增长（EINV）的重要推动者，并研究它如何以及何时增强EINV。我们通过将国际探索性和利用性学习视为关键中介因素，并将高级管理层的性别多样性视为重要的偶然变量来对此进行研究。通过使用巴基斯坦 110 名 EINV 的调查数据，结果表明，国际探索性和利用性学习调节了创业领导力对 EINV 的国际绩效的影响。此外，调节分析表明，创业领导力对国际探索性和利用性学习的积极影响取决于高级管理层的性别多样性。讨论了研究结果的含义。