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Hidden Stories and the Dark Side of Entrepreneurial Commitment

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Mariani, Laetitia Gabay, Bastian, Bob, Caputo, Andrea and Pappas, Nikolaos (2024) Hidden Stories and the Dark Side of Entrepreneurial Commitment. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. p. 211. ISSN 1355-2554 (In Press)

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Abstract

Purpose: Entrepreneurs are generally considered to be committed in order to strive for highly desirable goals, such as growth or commercial success. However, commitment is a multidimensional concept and may have asymmetric relationships with positive or negative entrepreneurial outcomes. This paper aims to provide a nuanced perspective to show under what conditions commitment may be detrimental for entrepreneurs and lead to overinvestment.

Design/methodology/approach: Using a sample of entrepreneurs from incubators in France (N=437), this study employs a configurational perspective, fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), to identify which commitment profiles lead entrepreneurs to overinvest different resources in their entrepreneurial projects.

Findings: The paper exposes combinations of conditions that lead to overinvestment and identifies five different commitment profiles: an “Affective profile”, a “Project committed profile”, a “Profession committed profile”, an “Instrumental profile”, and an “Affective project profile” (defined in Appendix 1).

Originality: The results show that affective commitment is a necessary condition for entrepreneurs to conduct overinvesting behaviors. This complements previous linear research on the interdependence between affect and commitment in fostering detrimental outcomes for nascent entrepreneurs.

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Depositing User: Nicholas Pappas

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Item ID: 17604
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-03-2023-0248
ISSN: 1355-2554
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/17604
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-03-2023-0248

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Date Deposited: 07 May 2024 09:39
Last Modified: 07 May 2024 09:45

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Author: Laetitia Gabay Mariani
Author: Bob Bastian
Author: Andrea Caputo
Author: Nikolaos Pappas

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Faculty of Business, Law and Tourism

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Business and Management > Business and Management

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