Feel the commitment : from situational emotional information to venture goal commitment
An individual’s commitment stimulates action, but we know little about how entrepreneurial commitment initially emerges. Utilising affect-as-information and the appraisal theory, our objective is to investigate the influence of situational emotional information on the venture goal commitment of i...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81019 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49026 |
| Summary: | An individual’s commitment stimulates action, but we know little about how entrepreneurial
commitment initially emerges. Utilising affect-as-information and the appraisal theory, our
objective is to investigate the influence of situational emotional information on the venture goal
commitment of individuals, defined as commitment to the goal of starting a new venture. Based
on a correlational pilot study and an experimental scenario approach, we first link encouragement
and discouragement provided by the individual’s parents and friends to venture goal commitment
and test the mediating role of opportunity evaluation. Second, we find that emotional intelligence
plays a moderating role in the relationship between situational emotional information and venture
goal commitment as mediated through opportunity evaluation. Overall, our research underscores
the emotional and cognitive mechanisms that shape venture goal commitment by explaining how
and under which conditions situational emotional information is internalised and venture goal
commitment emerges. |
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