How small business managers’ age and focus on opportunities affect business growth: A mediated moderation growth model

Michael Marcus Gielnik; Hannes Zacher; Antje Schmitt

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12253

How small business managers’ age and focus on opportunities affect business growth: A mediated moderation growth model

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How small business managers’ age and focus on opportunities affect business growth : A mediated moderation growth model. / Gielnik, Michael Marcus; Zacher, Hannes; Schmitt, Antje.

In: Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 55, No. 3, 07.2017, p. 460-483.

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title = "How small business managers{\textquoteright} age and focus on opportunities affect business growth: A mediated moderation growth model",

abstract = "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{\textquoteright} 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{\textquoteright} age and business growth. The study illustrates how mediation models can be tested using growth modeling.",

keywords = "Business psychology, Entrepreneurship, Psychology",

author = "Gielnik, {Michael Marcus} and Hannes Zacher and Antje Schmitt",

year = "2017",

month = jul,

doi = "10.1111/jsbm.12253",

language = "English",

volume = "55",

pages = "460--483",

journal = "Journal of Small Business Management",

issn = "0047-2778",

publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.",

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