Entrepreneurial Traits and Strategy in the Performance of Owner-manager Led Firms: A Meta-analysis

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Although previous research has contributed to our knowledge by examining various entrepreneurial personality traits that directly influence a firm’s performance, there is a lack of clarity on the mediating role of a firm’s strategic orientation and strategy in this relationship. Our meta-analysis is based on 56 studies encompassing 12,286 owner-manager led firms. We test the sequential mediating path from entrepreneurial traits to firm performance via a firm’s entrepreneurial orientation and innovation strategy using meta-analytic structural equation modeling. Our results show that owner-manager’s entrepreneurial traits are reflected in different stages of a firm’s strategy process and in this way influence firm performance. We discuss implications and provide limitations and directions for future research.
Original languageEnglish
JournalAcademy of Management Proceedings
Volume23
Issue number1
Number of pages6
ISSN0065-0668
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Publication statusPublished - 11.2013
Event73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - AOM 2013: Capitalism in Question - Lake Bueno Vista, Orlando, United States
Duration: 09.08.201313.08.2013
Conference number: 73.
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