A realist philosophical understanding of entrepreneurial risk-taking

Marshall, Alasdair; Ojiako, Udechukwu

doi:10.1108/sbr-10-2014-0047

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“…Existing academic research has supported this view from a certain perspective. The researchers believe that entrepreneurs can be narcissistic and psychopathic, or they exhibit strong self-efficacy beliefs related to these personality traits (Marshall and Ojiako, 2015). The following sections demonstrate the relationship between the three members of the dark triad and ESE.…”

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Effect of Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism on Entrepreneurial Intention—The Mediating of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy

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The driving factors behind the exploration and search for entrepreneurial intention (EI) are critical to entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial practice. To reveal in depth the influence of personality traits on EI, our study introduces the opposite of proactive personality—the dark triad that consists of narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism. Our study used the MBA students of Tianjin University as a sample to analyze the relationship between the dark triad, entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) and EI. A total of 334 MBA students aged 24–47 years participated and the participation rate is 95.71%. The data collection was largely concentrated in the period from May 15 to June 5, 2018. From the overall perspective of the dark triad, the results show that the dark triad positively predicts EI, and ESE has a partial mediating effect on the dark triad and EI. From the perspective of the three members of the dark triad, the study found that narcissism/psychopathy has a negative effect on ESE and EI; narcissism/psychopathy has a non-linear effect on EI; Machiavellianism has a positive effect on ESE and EI; and ESE has a mediating effect on the three members of the dark triad and EI. In short, our research reveals that the three members of the dark triad have different effects on EI in different cultural contexts, and the research findings have certain reference value for further improvement of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial practice.

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“…Based on earlier works on psychological conservatism by Wilson and Patterson (1970) and on right wing authoritarianism by Altemeyer (1981), Marshall (2007), Marshall and Guidi (2012) and Marshall and Ojiako (2015) argue that the Machiavellian-Paretian 'lion' equates today's conservative and authoritarian behavioural patterns. As Marshall (2007) points out, both conservative and authoritarian patterns display similar strong positive correlations with measures of dogmatic and rigid thinking, as well as similar strong negative correlations with measures of openness.…”

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A Machiavellian behavioural framing of social conflict risks in supply chains

Marshall

Bashir

Ojiako

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Purpose This conceptual paper aims to explore how supply chain managers deal with social threats to supply chains, in the process of demonstrating the potency of a largely neglected strand of realist social theory. This theory, as posited, sheds a great deal of light on the behavioural reality of how supply chain managers operate within the social aspects of their risk environments. Design/methodology/approach The paper is presented as a narrative synthesis of classical realist sociological literature. Findings The Machiavellian approach provides a template that can be used to help academics and practitioners understand how and why supply chain managers orient themselves to the social threats they confront in very different ways. The theory’s contention that the behavioural reality can be subdivided between two basic patterns allows it to serve as a constructively simple template for becoming attuned to ways in which supply chain managers socially construct and act within their social threat environments. Research limitations/implications The growing social complexity of supply chains gives behavioural responses a complexity reduction function. The authors theorise that such patterns, once activated, may not necessarily adapt rationally as guides to optimise the chance of success against the full range of social threats they are likely to encounter. Originality/value Cross-disciplinary supply chain management research is increasingly drawing upon sociology and behavioural science to facilitate greater understanding of not only the supply chain environment but also the roles of supply chain managers as relationship influencers and managers of conflict. The authors posit that Machiavellian–realist social theory can contribute to supply chain management scholarship by offering a constructively simple approach to evaluate the behavioural realities associated with social threats.

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“…Risk taking dapat dianalisis pada level individual dan organisasional sebagai proses pengambilan keputusan yang dapat bersifat objektif maupun subjektif (Marshall and Ojiako, 2014;Marshall and Guidi, 2012;Boholm and Corvellec, 2011;Denis, Hilton, 2015) "Risk-taking", didefiniskan oleh sebagai komitmen untuk berusaha dan menerima ide untuk memulai sebuah usaha menjadi aspek yang terintegral dari perilaku entrepreneurial yang tertarik pada elemen risiko maupun ketidakpastian (Mitchell et al 2004, p. 978). Beberapa peneliti menunjukkan bahwa konstruk risk taking dapat dibedakan atas uncertainty dan risk (Marshall and Ojiako 2014;Galindo at al., 2013;York and Venkataraman, 2010;McMullen and Shepherd, 2006). Uncertainty merupakan ketidak pastian terhadap faktor-faktor yang tidak dapat diperhitungkan, sedangkan risiko merupakan probabilitas yang dapat diperhitungkan (Marshall and Ojiako 2014).…”

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“…Beberapa peneliti menunjukkan bahwa konstruk risk taking dapat dibedakan atas uncertainty dan risk (Marshall and Ojiako 2014;Galindo at al., 2013;York and Venkataraman, 2010;McMullen and Shepherd, 2006). Uncertainty merupakan ketidak pastian terhadap faktor-faktor yang tidak dapat diperhitungkan, sedangkan risiko merupakan probabilitas yang dapat diperhitungkan (Marshall and Ojiako 2014). Risk takingjuga diartikan sebagai tingkat penerimaan terhadap resiko sumber daya secara beralasan dan menggantikannya dengan biaya kegagalan.…”

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Model konstruksi kognitif metaphora kewirausahaan: pendekatan konseptual

Sulastri

Wahab

Varbi

2017

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Entrepreneurial knowledge is a taxonomic knowledge with complex and extensive metaphor. Its complexity and breadth requires construct simplification to achieve the effectiveness of the cognitive goals that can be guided as a learning outcome. The aim of this research is to produce a conceptual model on the cognitive entrepreneurial knowledge in learning process in higher education. The cognitive construction model is focused on important variables of entrepreneurship such as (a) opportunities recognition, (b) opportunities exploitation (c) innovation, (d) proactive, and (e) risk taking as the main construct variable in entrepreneurship. Conceptual study that concluded that to do cognitive construction from a learning process, 5 aspects are required: (1) content of what will be interpreted; (2) type of representation that will be reflected and explained; (3) referent, the background of representation of the meaning of content; (4) relatedness, the relationship between content and context and (5) the interaction between content, representation, referent and relatedness in forming intentionality. The cognitive construction process will reach it means if intentionality is formed as the goal of learning activity. Proposition of knowledge cognitive construction model gives implication on the future empirical studies as a part of taxonomy and the body knowledge of entrepreneurship. Key Words: Cognitive construction, opportunities introduction, opportunities exploitation, innovation, creativity, proactive, and risk taking.Abstrak: Pengetahuan kewirausahaan merupakan taksonomi yang memiliki konstruk yang kompleks dan luas. Kompleksitas dan keluasan pengetahuan kewirausahaan membutuhkan penyederhanaan konstruk untuk mencapai efektivitas pada sasaran kognitif yang dapat dipedomani sebagai learning outcome. Tujuan artikel ini untuk memodelkan secara konseptual bagaimana konstruk dan proses kognitif pengetahuan kewirausahaan dalam pembelajaran pada level pendidikan tinggi. Model konstruksi kognitif difokuskan pada variabel penting kewirausahaan antara lain (a) pengenalan peluang, (b) eksploitasi peluang (c) inovasi (d) proaktif dan (e) risk taking sebagai variabel utama yang menjelaskan konstruk kewirausahaan. Kajian konseptual menyimpulkan bahwauntuk melakukan konstruksi kognitif dari suatu proses pembelajaran dibutuhkan (1) konten apa yang akan dimaknai, (2) jenis representasi seperti apa yang dapat merefleksikan dan dijelaskan dalam dunia nyata, (3) referent, apa yang melatar belakangi terjadinya representasiterhadap makna konten (4) bagaimana konten berhubungan dengan konteks (relatedness) (5) bagaimana terjadinya interaksi antara konten, representasi, referent dan relatedness sehingga membentuk intensionalitas. Proses konstruksi kognitif menjadi bermakna jika terbangunnya intensionalitas sebagai sasaran pembelajaran. Model proposisi konstruksi kognitif

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A realist philosophical understanding of entrepreneurial risk-taking

Cited by 14 publications

References 75 publications

Effect of Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism on Entrepreneurial Intention—The Mediating of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy

Effect of Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism on Entrepreneurial Intention—The Mediating of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy

A Machiavellian behavioural framing of social conflict risks in supply chains

Model konstruksi kognitif metaphora kewirausahaan: pendekatan konseptual

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