How childhood ADHD-like symptoms predict selection into entrepreneurship and implications on entrepreneurial performance

Rajah, Nasir; Bamiatzi, Vassiliki; Williams, Nick

doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2021.106091

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“…Meanwhile, the entrepreneurship length of 8 years and above accounts for the most (49.1%), followed by 3–7 years. The minimum entrepreneurship length is within 2 years, consistent with the age distribution ( Rajah et al, 2021 ). The entrepreneurial motivations from most prominent to the least are “personal ideal” (54.3%), “to improve livelihood,” and “following the trend.” In a nutshell, most college entrepreneurs pay more attention to their spiritual needs, accounting for as high as 44.8% of 61–100 respondents.…”

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Psychological Capital on College Teachers’ and Students’ Entrepreneurial Performance and Sports Morality Under Social and Political Education

2022

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The aim of this study was to improve the entrepreneurial performance (EP) and sports morality of college teacher-and-student entrepreneurs (i.e., college entrepreneurs). Consequently, psychological capital (PsyCap) is creatively combined with social and political education (SPE) to explore college entrepreneurs’ EP and sports morality. First, following a theoretical model implementation, this article proposes several hypotheses. Then, a questionnaire survey (QS) was designed, and the data were analyzed. The results show that (1) gender has little impact on EP and sports morality; (2) PsyCap significantly affects the EP of college entrepreneurs at the age of 33–38 years; (3) in terms of educational background, average scores of PsyCap + SPE of bachelors are the highest, followed by masters or above, and finally, the college undergraduate; (4) the average score of PsyCap + SPE of married respondents is 4.0, while that of the unmarried is 3.7; (5) there is a significant difference between college entrepreneurs’ EP under the dimension of the basic enterprise situation; and (6) the average score of the length of entrepreneurship is 9.87, which has the most significant impact on the EP and sports morality, and the significance of sports morality is 0.04. Among them, the most significant impact on EP and sports morality is weekly sports participation, with a score of 9.67. Therefore, PsyCap + SPE plays a positive role in the EP of college entrepreneurs. In contrast, sports morality has little impact on EP. This study provides a reference for the research on the influence of entrepreneurship and sports morality of college entrepreneurs.

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“…To the extent that the impulsivity–EP relationship remained unexplored, it remained unclear how impulsivity affects EP, and scholars remained unable to draw stronger implications regarding the effects of impulsivity beyond initial instigation (Wiklund et al , 2018b) and general venture earnings (Rajah et al , 2021). This paper focuses on the EP decision, and in doing so, advances understanding of why the perseverance decision is not simply a matter of venture pecuniary benefits and feasibility.…”

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“…However, certain impulsivity traits may not follow this route as they appear to fit well with the risky and obstacle-prone entrepreneurial context (Rajah et al, 2021;Wiklund et al, 2018b). In particular, sensation seekers tend to take pleasure from the pursuit of uncertain situations (Eysenck and Zuckerman, 1978) and tend to consider continued engagement in uncertain contexts exciting (Leland et al, 2006).…”

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“…Although ADHD-entrepreneurship studies have generally conceptualized ADHD as a behavioral disorder, entrepreneurship research has begun to investigate it more from a cognitive standpoint (Moore et al , 2021), with calls growing to investigate the underlying trait which appears to primarily drive these behavioral tendencies, namely impulsivity (Antshel, 2018; Wiklund et al , 2018b). Thus, although research has begun to indicate a positive link between ADHD and duration spent on a venture (Greidanus and Liao, 2021), as well as business failure and poor earnings (Rajah et al , 2021), this work has yet to directly explore EP as distinct and important later-stage entrepreneurial outcome and has yet to explore its relation to impulsivity specifically. We thus focus on trait impulsivity and test how impulsivity, through the attraction toward a particular entrepreneurial endeavor (Schlaegel and Koenig, 2014), affects self-reported EP, and a more objective behavioral indicator of EP over time.…”

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“…Despite impulsive individuals lacking forethought and often following an act-first-think-later logic (Hofmann et al , 2009), we propose that, rather than being a cost of impulsivity, this tendency may be beneficial to EP. In contrast to work that considers impulsivity as a unidimensional facet of ADHD (Rajah et al , 2021), we specifically explore trait impulsivity using Whiteside and Lynam's (2001) established umbrella conceptualization comprising the aggregate of four dimensions: sensation seeking, insufficiency of deliberation, insufficiency of persistence and urgency.…”

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Impulsivity and entrepreneurial perseverance: toward an empirical account and entrepreneurship-prone profile

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Rereading entrepreneurial failure from the scientific literature: A bibliometric approach

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How childhood ADHD-like symptoms predict selection into entrepreneurship and implications on entrepreneurial performance

Cited by 12 publications

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Psychological Capital on College Teachers’ and Students’ Entrepreneurial Performance and Sports Morality Under Social and Political Education

Psychological Capital on College Teachers’ and Students’ Entrepreneurial Performance and Sports Morality Under Social and Political Education

Impulsivity and entrepreneurial perseverance: toward an empirical account and entrepreneurship-prone profile

Rereading entrepreneurial failure from the scientific literature: A bibliometric approach

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