Awakening the entrepreneur within: Entrepreneurial identity aspiration and the role of displacing work events.

Seibert, Scott E.; Nielsen, Jordan; Kraimer, Maria L.

doi:10.1037/apl0000823

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“…Event systems theory emphasizes that dynamic events experienced by individuals can have a significant impact on them [ 39 ]. Previous research has discussed leader effectiveness [ 88 ], dual-career family management [ 89 ], employee creativity [ 18 ], and career transitions [ 90 ] based on event systems theory, but there has been a lack of application of event systems theory to the field of consumer behavior. This study examined the impact of a public health event, the COVID-19 pandemic, on consumer behavior based on event systems theory.…”

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Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Consumers’ Impulse Buying: The Moderating Role of Moderate Thinking

Wang

Liu

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Based on event systems theory, this study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumers’ impulse buying, as well as the underlying mechanisms and boundary conditions from the perspective of individual consumers. Results of three experiments (N = 437) show that, first, the COVID-19 pandemic enhanced consumers’ impulse buying behavior. Second, two key elements, loss of control and anxiety, mediated the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and impulse buying; and third, moderate thinking (also known as Zhong-Yong thinking) moderated the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and impulse buying. The findings indicate that in consumers with low moderate thinking, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a stronger effect on impulse buying and has mediated more between the loss of control and anxiety. Conversely, in consumers with high moderate thinking, COVID-19 has had a weaker effect on impulse buying and has mediated less between loss of control and anxiety. This study extends the application of event systems theory and enriches the literature on how the COVID-19 pandemic affects consumer behavior. Furthermore, it provides strategic recommendations for government and consumer responses to COVID-19 pandemic shocks.

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Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Consumers’ Impulse Buying: The Moderating Role of Moderate Thinking

Wang

Liu

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“…Social identity theory helps explain the heterogeneity of business actions in the process of starting up a new firm, with entrepreneurs’ Darwinian social identity influencing business performance directly and through effectuation ( de la Cruz et al, 2018 ), internal and external audience expectation ( Zuzul and Tripsas, 2020 ), and nascent entrepreneurial behaviors ( Seibert et al, 2021 ). The main reason is that entrepreneurs’ Darwinian social identity shapes their priorities for their businesses and strategies ( Miller and Breton-Miller, 2011 ).…”

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Does Entrepreneurs’ Darwinian Social Identity Contribute to Business Performance via Corporate Social Responsibility in China? The Role of Entrepreneurs’ Well-Being

Chen

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Front. Psychol.

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Although the impact of entrepreneurs’ social identity on successful entrepreneurship has attracted much scholarly attention, it is often to evaluate successful entrepreneurship through direct channel to financial performance. Recently, there is a growing body of researches beginning to pay attention to the impact of entrepreneurs’ social identity on corporate social responsibility (CSR) regarded as indirect social aspect channel to successful entrepreneurship. However, little is known regarding how entrepreneurs’ Darwinian social identity affects CSR, which in turn, affects business performance. This study addresses this issue by combining stakeholder theory with social identity theory, to investigate the relationship between entrepreneurs’ Darwinian social identity and business performance via CSR. In addition, the moderating effect of entrepreneur’s well-being is further examined to uncover the interaction effect of the individual psychological resource on business performance. The empirical results indicate that entrepreneurs’ Darwinian social identity contributes positively to CSR, so as further to business performance. In addition, this relationship is further found to be significantly moderated by entrepreneurs’ well-being. The results indicate that entrepreneurs can achieve business success via CSR, by which entrepreneurs can further acquire successful entrepreneurship through caring more about their well-being.

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“…Being an entrepreneur has been connected to different aspects such as personality structure, attitudes, beliefs or practices (Murnieks et al, 2014(Murnieks et al, , 2019Seibert et al, 2020;Wagenschwanz, 2020). To answer what antecedents are crucial to strengthening the individual desire to become an entrepreneur in the future, we derive hypotheses based on aspects considered integral to an entrepreneur's role.…”

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“…Before engaging with entrepreneurial actions, students have to desire an entrepreneurial identity (Harmeling, 2011), thus assuming the set of meanings and behaviors associated with it (Murnieks et al , 2014). Therefore, such a desire is an essential but under-researched impetus for the transition towards actual entrepreneurship (Farmer et al , 2011; Hoang and Gimeno, 2010; Seibert et al , 2020).…”

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“…Entrepreneurial identity aspiration has emerged as a vibrant concept that refers to the future-oriented and subjective construction of a desired entrepreneurial identity. Identity aspiration is recognized as a catalyst making an individual inclined to perform activities and tasks integral to that possible self (Farmer et al , 2011; Seibert et al , 2020). Previous research primarily focused on the outcomes of students' entrepreneurial identity, such as the choice of education (Liñán et al , 2018) or its effect on the intention to create a venture (Pfeifer et al , 2016).…”

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My future entrepreneurial self: antecedents of entrepreneurial identity aspiration

Gregori

Holzmann

Schwarz

2021

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PurposeEntrepreneurial identity aspiration refers to the desire to occupy an entrepreneurial role in the future and is an essential impetus for initially engaging in entrepreneurial activities. Building on identity theory, the article investigates the effects of personal attitudes, experiences and inclination towards specific practices on the strength of entrepreneurial identity aspiration.Design/methodology/approachThis article applies multiple linear regression analysis to test the developed hypotheses on an original sample of 127 vocational college students in Austria.FindingsResults show that risk-taking propensity, proactiveness, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and competitiveness drive entrepreneurial identity aspiration. The effects of innovativeness and need for achievement motivation are nonsignificant. Data further suggest that entrepreneurial identity aspiration is related to gender, while entrepreneurial exposure and previous entrepreneurship education show no or adverse effects.Practical implicationsBased on our findings, the authors argue that education should focus on teaching and discussing the identified attitudes and inclinations to foster the formation of entrepreneurial identities. Doing so increases students' aspirations and provides them with the necessary cognitive underpinnings for subsequent entrepreneurial action. The article suggests action-based teaching to achieve this goal.Originality/valueThis article is the first to investigate antecedents of entrepreneurial identity aspiration by connecting it to essential concepts of entrepreneurship research. The authors extend previous work on entrepreneurial identity and add to the theoretical approaches for research in entrepreneurship education. Furthermore, the article points out central aspects that should receive additional attention in educational settings.

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Awakening the entrepreneur within: Entrepreneurial identity aspiration and the role of displacing work events.

Cited by 35 publications

References 60 publications

Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Consumers’ Impulse Buying: The Moderating Role of Moderate Thinking

Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Consumers’ Impulse Buying: The Moderating Role of Moderate Thinking

Does Entrepreneurs’ Darwinian Social Identity Contribute to Business Performance via Corporate Social Responsibility in China? The Role of Entrepreneurs’ Well-Being

My future entrepreneurial self: antecedents of entrepreneurial identity aspiration

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