TY - JOUR

T1 - How passion in entrepreneurship develops over time

T2 - A self-regulation perspective

AU - Lex, Maike

AU - Gielnik, Michael M.

AU - Spitzmuller, Matthias

AU - Jacob, Gabriel Henry

AU - Frese, Michael

N1 - This research was supported by German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst [DAAD]; ID 50020279 and ID 54391079). Furthermore, we would like to express our gratitude toward the German Commission for UNESCO and the BASF Stiftung for supporting the STEP project. We are grateful to Miriam Stark and Kim Marie Bischoff for their support in the set-up of this study. We also thank Tabea Sarah Müller, Martine Jelden, Daniel Müller, Tiziano Gabriele Tonin, Johannes Max Hilck, and Jan Paap for their support in collecting the data. Special thanks go to the STEP team at University of Dar es Salaam, in particular Lemayon Melyoki and Cosmas Moanja, for their support in implementing the STEP training. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2020.

PY - 2022/7/1

Y1 - 2022/7/1

N2 - We adopt a self-regulation perspective to present a model of the development of passion in entrepreneurship. We argue that entrepreneurial self-efficacy and performance influence the two components of passion—positive feelings and identity centrality—over shorter and longer time horizons, respectively. Furthermore, we argue for the recursive effects of passion on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and performance. Three longitudinal studies with measurements over three weeks (n = 65) and three months (n = 150 and n = 180) support our hypotheses. We contribute to a theory of passion that integrates the different time horizons over which the components of passion change.

AB - We adopt a self-regulation perspective to present a model of the development of passion in entrepreneurship. We argue that entrepreneurial self-efficacy and performance influence the two components of passion—positive feelings and identity centrality—over shorter and longer time horizons, respectively. Furthermore, we argue for the recursive effects of passion on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and performance. Three longitudinal studies with measurements over three weeks (n = 65) and three months (n = 150 and n = 180) support our hypotheses. We contribute to a theory of passion that integrates the different time horizons over which the components of passion change.

KW - Management studies

KW - venture performance

KW - time/temporal aspects

KW - start-up

KW - bottom of the pyramid (BOP)

KW - emotions

KW - Business psychology

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/5f525b51-d1d7-3eee-9722-e9c099e0f159/

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086668369&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/1042258720929894

DO - 10.1177/1042258720929894

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 46

SP - 985

EP - 1018

JO - Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

JF - Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

SN - 1042-2587

IS - 4

ER -