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Díaz Portugal, Celia Delgado García, Juan Bautista Blanco Mazagatos, Virginia 2024-05-31T12:12:34Z 2024-05-31T12:12:34Z 2022-01-04 0266-2426 http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9220 10.1177/02662426211047920 1741-2870 This article extends previous literature on opportunity evaluation by analysing how positive affect influences opportunity evaluation and the subsequent willingness to act entrepreneurially. We draw on two mediational channels (i.e., the affect-to-affect-to-outcome and affect-to-cognition routes) regarding the influence of affect on positive outcomes upon arguments that opportunity evaluation comprises of the cognitive representations of the focal opportunity and of oneself. Specifically, we analyse the mediating effects of the image of the opportunity and self-efficacy in the relationship between positive affect and the willingness to act entrepreneurially. We test our hypotheses on a sample of nascent entrepreneurs participating in training programmes in six Spanish incubators whom were asked to evaluate their own opportunities. Our findings show that positive affect exerts a positive indirect effect through the image of the opportunity, but do not indicate any mediating effect of self-efficacy. These findings may help entrepreneurs understand the affective subjectivity of their opportunity assessments. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The authors want to acknowledge the financial support of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (project PID2020-120288GB-I00). eng Sage Journals International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship. 2022, V. 40, n. 5, p. 592-617 https://doi.org/10.1177/02662426211047920 Entrepreneurship Positive affect Emotions Oppotunity evaluation Willingness to act Economía Economics The influence of the positive affective trait on the willingness to act entrepreneurially: The mediating effect of opportunity evaluation info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship 40 5 592 617