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Perspiration and inspiration : Grit and innovativeness as antecedents of entrepreneurial success. / Mooradian, Todd; Matzler, Kurt; Uzelac, Borislav et al.
In: Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 56, 01.10.2016, p. 232-243.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Perspiration and inspiration
T2 - Grit and innovativeness as antecedents of entrepreneurial success
AU - Mooradian, Todd
AU - Matzler, Kurt
AU - Uzelac, Borislav
AU - Bauer, Florian
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Economic Psychology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Economic Psychology, 56, 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2016.08.001
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Venture success has been related to numerous characteristics of entrepreneurs including their enduring personality traits. Separately, recent scholarship has elucidated trait “Grit” comprising two dimensions, “Consistency of Interests” (or “Passion”) and “Perseverance of Effort”, and validated Grit as a predictor of success in areas such as education, military training, and income. We report a study with a sample of Austrian entrepreneurs relating Grit as well as firm-level Innovativeness to entrepreneurial success. We show that both Grit and Innovativeness predict success; Grit affects success directly and in effects that are mediated by Innovativeness.
AB - Venture success has been related to numerous characteristics of entrepreneurs including their enduring personality traits. Separately, recent scholarship has elucidated trait “Grit” comprising two dimensions, “Consistency of Interests” (or “Passion”) and “Perseverance of Effort”, and validated Grit as a predictor of success in areas such as education, military training, and income. We report a study with a sample of Austrian entrepreneurs relating Grit as well as firm-level Innovativeness to entrepreneurial success. We show that both Grit and Innovativeness predict success; Grit affects success directly and in effects that are mediated by Innovativeness.
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Grit
KW - Innovativeness
KW - Personality traits
U2 - 10.1016/j.joep.2016.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.joep.2016.08.001
M3 - Journal article
VL - 56
SP - 232
EP - 243
JO - Journal of Economic Psychology
JF - Journal of Economic Psychology
SN - 0167-4870
ER -