This paper tackles the question of whether necessity-based female entrepreneurship (NBFE) can drive new job creation. Drawing on the institutional logic perspective, we reason female entrepreneurs need to secure legitimacy across both private and business domains to be successful in job creation. Our empirical investigation, based on a sample of 1,890 female entrepreneurs from 20 countries sourced from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) APS 2013 dataset, reveals that NBFE positively predicts new job creation under high legitimacy in the private sphere, and this positive effect will be more positive with high legitimacy in the business sphere. Our theoretical contributions shed new light on the interplay between institutional logic, legitimacy, and entrepreneurship, challenging and expanding the existing conceptions in entrepreneurship literature.

本文探讨了基于必要性的女性创业（NBFE）是否可以推动创造新的就业机会的问题。从制度逻辑的角度来看，我们认为女性企业家需要在私人和商业领域确保合法性，才能成功创造就业机会。我们的实证调查基于全球创业监测 (GEM) APS 2013 数据集，对来自 20 个国家的 1,890 名女性企业家进行了抽样调查，结果表明，NBFE 在高度合法性的情况下积极预测私营领域会创造新的就业机会，而这种积极影响将是更加积极，在商业领域具有较高的合法性。我们的理论贡献为制度逻辑、合法性和创业精神之间的相互作用提供了新的视角，挑战和扩展了创业文献中的现有概念。