What makes successful entrepreneurs different in temporal and goal-commitment dimensions?

Abstract

Purpose: The article is an attempt to identify, with respect to temporal and goal-commitment dimension (effort, persistence, goal satisfaction), the characteristics of entrepreneurs in different stages of the entrepreneurial process (the prelaunch and postlaunch phases) and to indicate the differences between entrepreneurs and nonentrepreneurs.Methodology: To answer this question, data from three samples were collected. Actual (N ¼ 127) and nascent (N ¼ 344) entrepreneurs filled questionnaires: the Scale of Entrepreneurial Success, the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, and Goal Questionnaire. These two groups were compared to participants either not interested in opening their own business or showing low intention to start their business (N ¼ 475). Findings: The results showed that both types of entrepreneurs were more future-oriented and perceived their presence less fatalistically than the group not interested in becoming entrepreneurs. Additionally, entrepreneurs put in more effort, were more persistent in pursuing their goals, and derived more satisfaction from their goals.

When I Feel My Business Succeeds, I Flourish: Reciprocal Relationships Between Positive Orientation, Work Engagement, and Entrepreneurial Success

“…As opposite relationships-from success to work engagement and positive orientation-have also been confirmed, this suggests that (self-)appreciation of success, rewarding what has already been achieved may help to change these successes into motivational cues for future actions leading to personal resources gains (Gorgievski and Hobfoll 2008;Hobfoll 1989). As entrepreneurs tend to be future-oriented (Przepiorka 2016), such appreciation of successes achieved and celebration of what has already been done may not be easy for them. Therefore, this needs to be planned in advance.…”

Stress Processes: An Essential Ingredient in the Entrepreneurial Process

“…One study reports that psychological capital is negatively related to entrepreneurs' levels of perceived stress (Baron et al, 2016). Such individual-level characteristics are likely more important at the beginning of the entrepreneurial process than during the later stages (Przepiorka, 2016).…”

Who Needs Entrepreneurial Role Models? Driving Forces of Students’ Cyber-Entrepreneurial Career Intention

“…Goal commitment, on the other hand, has been studies and verified to be important at different stages of the entrepreneurial process (Przepiorka, 2016). Empirical studies have found out that entrepreneurial role models (i.e., parents) not only predicted entrepreneurial intentions (Geldhof et al, 2014;Schmitt-Rodermund, 2004), but also the development of entrepreneurship (Bosma et al, 2012;McClelland, 1961).…”

“…Przepiorka (2016) identified the differences between entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs with respect to goal-commitment (effort, persistence, goal satisfaction) and found out that entrepreneurs with greater goal-commitment (who put in more effort and were more persistent and satisfied with their goals) during the prelaunch phase of the entrepreneurial process had greater intention to succeed.…”

“…Commitment is a force that binds an individual to a course of action and its associated target (Meyer, Becker, & Van Dick, 2006). While self-efficacy may be a motivational or de-motivational force depending on a person's selfenhancing or self-deprecating beliefs (Bullough & Renko, 2013), GC might be one of its determining factors (Callanan & Zimmerman, 2016;Przepiorka, 2016). Goal-setting theory proposed four mechanisms through which goals affect performance: choice, effort, persistence, and strategies (Locke & Latham, 2002).…”