How small business managers’ age and focus on opportunities affect business growth: A mediated moderation growth model
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In: Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 55, No. 3, 07.2017, p. 460-483.
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T1 - How small business managers’ age and focus on opportunities affect business growth
T2 - A mediated moderation growth model
AU - Gielnik, Michael Marcus
AU - Zacher, Hannes
AU - Schmitt, Antje
PY - 2017/7
Y1 - 2017/7
N2 - Research on business growth has been criticized for methodological weaknesses. We present a mediated moderation growth model as a new methodological approach. We hypothesized that small business managers’ age negatively affects business growth through focus on opportunities.We sampled 201 small business managers and obtained firm performance data over 5 years, resulting in 836 observations. Growth modeling showed systematic differences in firm performance trajectories. These differences could be explained by modeling focus on opportunities as a mediator of the relationship between small business managers’ age and business growth. The study illustrates how mediation models can be tested using growth modeling.
AB - Research on business growth has been criticized for methodological weaknesses. We present a mediated moderation growth model as a new methodological approach. We hypothesized that small business managers’ age negatively affects business growth through focus on opportunities.We sampled 201 small business managers and obtained firm performance data over 5 years, resulting in 836 observations. Growth modeling showed systematic differences in firm performance trajectories. These differences could be explained by modeling focus on opportunities as a mediator of the relationship between small business managers’ age and business growth. The study illustrates how mediation models can be tested using growth modeling.
KW - Business psychology
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84968677353&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/jsbm.12253
DO - 10.1111/jsbm.12253
M3 - Scientific review articles
VL - 55
SP - 460
EP - 483
JO - Journal of Small Business Management
JF - Journal of Small Business Management
SN - 0047-2778
IS - 3
ER -