“What, <I>Exactly</I>, is Entrepreneurial Commitment?”: Modeling the Commitment of Successful Entrepreneurs

Comparing Entrepreneurial Passion of Social and Commercial Entrepreneurs in the Czech Republic

“…After almost a decade a team of scholars including M. Cardon, D. Gregoire and C. Stevens came with the scale specially constructed and validated for entrepreneurial passion (Cardon et al, 2012). The results of this study indicate high reliability (Hair et al, 2006) and were later validated by several other studies (Tasnim & Singh, 2016;Kerrick et al, 2016). The scale delineated Entrepreneurial passion as a construct encompassing three domains: inventing, founding, and developing (see Table 3).…”

Promoting Entrepreneurial Commitment: The Benefits of Interdisciplinarity

“…They believed in the value of their projects and their own ability to master the challenges of entrepreneurship, thus expressing high levels of perceived desirability and feasibility (Ajzen, 1991). They experienced high levels of appreciation for one another's contributions and a strong sense of responsibility and motivation leading to high levels of normative commitment (Tasnim et al 2016). Given that every team member had their own field of expertise, tasks were clearly defined and distributed within teams.…”

“…Tasnim and Singh (2016) extended the work of Meyer and Herscovitch (2001) in the context of entrepreneurial activities. Accordingly, entrepreneurial commitment is shaped by seven separate constructs that influence the three components of commitment: i) affective commitment is influenced by the entrepreneur's passion, values, and personality; ii) normative commitment is shaped by the entrepreneurs internalized norms, responsibility and righteousness; and iii) continuous commitment is affected by the entrepreneur's investments in the project and lack of alternatives (Tasnim et al, 2016). A study with over 400 startups revealed a positive effect of affective commitment and normative commitment on the development of entrepreneurial commitment, indicating that the entrepreneur's strong emotional attachment to their venture and desire for it to succeed will lead to a higher level of entrepreneurial commitment.…”

“…A study with over 400 startups revealed a positive effect of affective commitment and normative commitment on the development of entrepreneurial commitment, indicating that the entrepreneur's strong emotional attachment to their venture and desire for it to succeed will lead to a higher level of entrepreneurial commitment. Likewise, the entrepreneur's perceived obligation resulting from the internalization of norms, the receipt of benefits that induces a need to reciprocate or stimulates the acceptance of responsibilities, positively affects the development of entrepreneurial commitment (Tasnim & Singh, 2016;Tasnim et al, 2014).…”

“…Studies found a positive impact of entrepreneurial commitment on start-up performance (Tasnim & Singh, 2016;De Clercq et al, 2009), new venture formation (Fayolle, 2007), and new product development (Schmidt & Calantone, 2002). Nevertheless, so far, little research has been done on the factors that promote entrepreneurial commitment (Fayolle et al, 2011). This article is the first to examine the relationship between interdisciplinarity and entrepreneurial commitment in academic spin-offs.…”