Cognitive Bias, Entrepreneurial Emotion, and Entrepreneurship Intention

Frontiers in Psychology

Yijun Zhao¹  Baoguo Xie² 

[1] Economics and Management School, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China;School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China;

关键词: cognitive bias;    entrepreneurial emotion;    entrepreneurship intention;    optimism;    overconfidence;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00625

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Although numerous studies have explored the factors influencing entrepreneurial activity, there is a lack of a theoretical basis for linking these factors to entrepreneurship behavioral intention. The current study uses the theory of self-regulating attitude to construct a theoretical model of examining the relationship among cognitive bias, entrepreneurial emotion, and entrepreneurship intention. A total of 312 valid samples were collected from college students at a Chinese university. The bootstrapping method was used to test the multi-mediation hypotheses. Our research found that positive entrepreneurial emotion plays a mediating role in the relationship between optimism and entrepreneurship intention, whereas negative entrepreneurial emotion plays a mediating role in the relationship between overconfidence and entrepreneurship intention. These findings underline the importance of a correct understanding of cognitive bias and entrepreneurial emotion in the process of entrepreneurship.

【 授权许可】

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