TY - JOUR

T1 - Boosting and sustaining passion

T2 - A long-term perspective on the effects of entrepreneurship training

AU - Gielnik, Michael Marcus

AU - Uy, Marilyn A.

AU - Funken, Rebecca

AU - Bischoff, Kim Marie

PY - 2017/5/1

Y1 - 2017/5/1

N2 - We know that entrepreneurship training is effective but we lack a theoretical understanding of the dynamic processes after training leading to business creation. In this study, we develop a theoretical model to explain short- and long-term effects of entrepreneurship training on entrepreneurial self-efficacy, passion, and business creation. We hypothesize that entrepreneurship training boosts entrepreneurial self-efficacy and passion, and that entrepreneurial self-efficacy sustains the positive effect of entrepreneurship training on passion over time. Furthermore, we hypothesize that entrepreneurship training impacts business creation through passion. We conducted a field experiment with four measurement waves over 32 months resulting in 784 observations from 227 participants. Discontinuous growth curve modeling and joint lagged analyses supported our hypotheses. Our findings indicate that post-training processes are dynamic and that entrepreneurial self-efficacy is important to maintain high passion after training. Maintaining high passion after training eventually leads to business creation.

AB - We know that entrepreneurship training is effective but we lack a theoretical understanding of the dynamic processes after training leading to business creation. In this study, we develop a theoretical model to explain short- and long-term effects of entrepreneurship training on entrepreneurial self-efficacy, passion, and business creation. We hypothesize that entrepreneurship training boosts entrepreneurial self-efficacy and passion, and that entrepreneurial self-efficacy sustains the positive effect of entrepreneurship training on passion over time. Furthermore, we hypothesize that entrepreneurship training impacts business creation through passion. We conducted a field experiment with four measurement waves over 32 months resulting in 784 observations from 227 participants. Discontinuous growth curve modeling and joint lagged analyses supported our hypotheses. Our findings indicate that post-training processes are dynamic and that entrepreneurial self-efficacy is important to maintain high passion after training. Maintaining high passion after training eventually leads to business creation.

KW - Management studies

KW - Business creation

KW - Entrepreneurial self-efficacy

KW - Entrepreneurship

KW - Passion

KW - Time

KW - Training

KW - Entrepreneurship

KW - Business psychology

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85015364856&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2017.02.003

DO - 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2017.02.003

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 32

SP - 334

EP - 353

JO - Journal of Business Venturing

JF - Journal of Business Venturing

SN - 0883-9026

IS - 3

ER -