Self-efficacy and entrepreneurs' adoption of unattainable goals: The restraining effects of self-control

Baron, Robert A.; Mueller, Brandon; Wolfe, Marcus T.

doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2015.08.002

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“…Others argue, in contrast, that controllability can lead entrepreneurs to reduce their natural inclination to self-enhancement and result in a lower likelihood of engaging in optimistic future-oriented cognition (Baron et al, 2016). We reconcile these contradicting arguments by suggesting that controllability can simultaneously influence future-oriented cognition desirability and feasibility beliefs in opposing ways.…”

Section: Effect Of Emotions On Controllabilitymentioning

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Emotional paths leading to opportunity desirability and feasibility beliefs through controllability

Ivanova

Treffers

Langerak

2018

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurs

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Extant studies promote opportunity belief as an antecedent of entrepreneurial action. However, we do not sufficiently understand how beliefs about the desirability and feasibility of an entrepreneurial opportunity are formed. We argue that desirability and feasibility are related but distinct micro-foundations of entrepreneurial action formed through different cognitive-emotional mechanisms. Drawing on the appraisal tendency framework, we investigate the indirect effects of three basic emotions (anger, fear and happiness) on desirability and feasibility through the appraisal tendency of controllability. In an experimental study (N = 191), we find evidence for the distinctiveness and interconnectedness of desirability and feasibility beliefs. In addition, our findings show that desirability can be predicted by emotions through controllability, but we cannot predict feasibility through the same appraisal process. Our study seeks insights concerning how desirability and feasibility beliefs regarding an entrepreneurial opportunity are distinctively formed based on the inner cognitive and emotional processes of individuals.

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Section: Effect Of Emotions On Controllabilitymentioning

confidence: 64%

Emotional paths leading to opportunity desirability and feasibility beliefs through controllability

Ivanova

Treffers

Langerak

2018

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurs

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“…For example, it has been found that self-control is another important factor for successful entrepreneurship: it ensures that the entrepreneurial goals set by individuals high in entrepreneurial self-efficacy are not too lofty and unachievable (Baron et al, 2016).…”

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Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on Entrepreneurial Efficacy and Alertness among Adolescent Youth

Kang

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Front. Educ.

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Our study focuses on the impact of systematic entrepreneurship training comprising both active and passive learning activities on entrepreneurial alertness and efficacy among adolescent youth. Reports from a two-wave online survey among 328 students from five secondary schools (aged 13-16 years; 34.8% male and 65.2% female) reveal that those who went through entrepreneurship training (treatment group, N = 142) had significantly higher entrepreneurial alertness and efficacy levels compared to those who did not go through training (control group, N = 186). We also find that even with gender effects accounted for, the higher entrepreneurial alertness and efficacy levels in the treatment group are due in part to both passive and active/hands-on elements of the program. Our study offers direct evidence that conducting entrepreneurship training programs among secondary school students could be an effective means to enhance entrepreneurial competencies among the youth. Specifically, our findings highlight the value of entrepreneurial training in improving age-appropriate competencies of entrepreneurial alertness and efficacy.

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“…For measuring start-up performance, the literature uses a host of performance measures. Typical performance measures are employment growth, market share, gross profit, cost control, business volume, survival, successful exit, goal attainment, evaluation of success by the founder, and completion of idea or planning phase (Baron et al 2016;Brush and Vanderwerf 1992;Chandler and Hanks 1993;Dutta and Folta 2016;Lumpkin and Dess 1996;Stam and Elfring 2008;Wiklund and Shepherd 2003;Witt 2007). Although there are many definitions and approaches to measuring the performance of businesses, doing so is not straightforward (Chandler and Hanks 1993;Richard et al 2009).…”

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How network-based incubation helps start-up performance: a systematic review against the background of management theories

2016

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The literature on how network-based incubation influences the performance of technology-based start-ups has recently grown considerably and provided valuable insights. However, at the same time this literature has become quite fragmented, inconsistently conceptualised, and theoretically underdeveloped. Therefore, this article uses three management theories to structure the literature, improve the theoretical underpinning and develop an agenda for further research. The management theories are the resourcebased view, knowledge-based view, organisational learning, and social capital theory. We find that the network-based incubation literature has convincingly shown that networkbased incubation provides start-ups with resources, capabilities, knowledge, learning and social capital. However, the influence of these intermediary benefits on start-up performance is ambiguous. There is a considerable opportunity to advance the network-based incubation literature with contemporary insights from management theories. We propose an agenda for further research on network-based incubation that leads to a fine-grained model of the mechanisms and impact of network-based incubation that goes beyond taken for granted assumptions about the positive impact of network-based incubation.

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Self-efficacy and entrepreneurs' adoption of unattainable goals: The restraining effects of self-control

Cited by 142 publications

References 129 publications

Emotional paths leading to opportunity desirability and feasibility beliefs through controllability

Emotional paths leading to opportunity desirability and feasibility beliefs through controllability

Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on Entrepreneurial Efficacy and Alertness among Adolescent Youth

How network-based incubation helps start-up performance: a systematic review against the background of management theories

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