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T1 The influence of the positive affective trait on the willingness to act entrepreneurially: The mediating effect of opportunity evaluation
A1 Díaz Portugal, Celia
A1 Delgado García, Juan Bautista
A1 Blanco Mazagatos, Virginia
K1 Entrepreneurship
K1 Positive affect
K1 Emotions
K1 Oppotunity evaluation
K1 Willingness to act
K1 Economía
K1 Economics
AB 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.
PB Sage Journals
SN 0266-2426
YR 2022
FD 2022-01-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9220
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9220
LA eng
NO 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).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 23-nov-2024