Why Become an Entrepreneur and Why It Matters? Effects of Motives on Entrepreneurial Outcomes

Esther Leibel, Sonali Shah, Amy Wrzesniewski, Hyeonsuh Lee, Esther Leibel, Michael Roach, Jihae Shin, Rajshree Agarwal, Yuna Cho, Laura Huang, Henry Sauermann, Sonali Shah

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Abstract

The papers included in this symposium aim to enrich and complement the growing literature on entrepreneurial motives from different theoretical and methodological perspectives. While all focus on understanding the links between motives and entrepreneurial outcomes, the papers apply behavioral, economic, social psychological, and cognitive lenses and use a variety of methods including qualitative, survey, linguistic, and experimental methods. Taken together, they offer evidence that the study of motives is important to enriching our understanding of several entrepreneurial processes, including employee entrepreneurship, serial entrepreneurship, business idea development, and financial and human resource acquisition. The goal of this symposium is to raise awareness and spark debate around the multiple ways in which motives matter to entrepreneurial outcomes.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number18402
JournalAcademy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
Volume2020
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2020

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