Rewrite the following passage as part of a critical literature review using the Harvard system of referencing:

Past research indicates important gender differences in the use of networks, and suggests that male SME owners are more likely to successfully network and benefit from networks-driven performance in contrast to female SME owners. In particular, as many women come to self-employment from domestic or non-management background, and thus are likely to have previously engaged in the relatively isolating domestic and childrearing work or lower-status support work, they can be expected to possess fewer, more personal, less formal and less powerful contacts, as well as less time for networking. However, recent empirical studies of SME owners challenge such expectations. For example, according to a 2012 survey of 2919 male- and 181 female controlled SMEs, there is little gender difference, after controlling for education, experience, industry, age and size, in the SME owners’ use of networking and its impact on business performance – in other words, SMEs owned by women and men enjoy similar performance benefits of networking .