Entrepreneurs' Social Skills and New Venture Performance: Mediating Mechanisms and Cultural Generality

By Robert A. Baron, Jintong Tang. 2009

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Subfields: Business and International Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Behavioral and cognitive factors in entrepreneurship: entrepreneurs as the active element in new venture creation (2007, background): “However, the few studies that have been performed to investigate this question suggest (e.g., Baron and Markman, 2003; Baron and Tang, 2007) that social skills are related to the success of new ventures: the higher entrepreneurs are in such skills, the greater the fi nancial success attained by thei”
The moderating role of social ties on entrepreneurs' depressed affect and withdrawal intentions in response to economic stress (2012, background): “We included social competence on the basis of research suggesting that entrepreneurs’ social skills can lead to greater success in obtaining information and resources from various contacts (Baron & Tang, 2009).1”
Social interaction via new social media: (How) can interactions on Twitter affect effectual thinking and behavior? (2011, background): “Within the entrepreneurship domain, there is also a small but significant literature on social competence, an individual level construct that has been shown to affect the resources entrepreneurs are able to acquire and what they are able to achieve in conjunction with those with whom they interact (”
Network-based Research in Entrepreneurship: A Decade in Review (2015, background): “The entrepreneur’s social skills and social competence can be strong predictors of venture success to the extent that it is mediated by the entrepreneur’s success in obtaining information and essential resources (Baron and Markman, 2003; Baron and Tang, 2009).”
Strategic Entrepreneurship: Creating Value for Individuals, Organizations, and Society (2011, unknown): “In a specific context, evidence indicates that an entrepreneur’s social skills and social networks influence outcomes for both new ventures and established organizations (Baron & Tang, 2009; Batjargal et al., 2009).”
Entrepreneurial orientation and SME performance in China’s changing environment: The moderating effects of strategies (2010, unknown): “Since China enjoys a large variety of economic and social climates (Boisot & Child, 1999), cultural generality is a crucial factor for Chinese entrepreneurship research ( Baron & Tang, 2009 ), and thus our model should be extended with variations when applied in other settings (Kim & Lim, 1988).”
Building networks into discovery: The link between entrepreneur network capability and entrepreneurial opportunity discovery (2018, background): “…how different network configurations are linked to entrepreneurial success (Semrau & Sigmund, 2012; Stuart & Sorenson, 2007), but only a few studies have investigated how entrepreneurs proactively construct their networks in the first place (e.g., Baron & Tang, 2009; Maurer & Ebers, 2006).”
Entrepreneurial alertness: Exploring its psychological antecedents and effects on firm outcomes (2021, background): “…that alertness is positively related to incremental innovation (Levasseur et al., 2021) and a large body of research linking entrepreneurs’ individual characteristics with various firm-level outcomes (e.g., Baron & Tang, 2009, 2011; Hmieleski & Baron, 2008a, 2008b; Hmieleski & Baron, 2009).”
Life After Business Failure (2013, background): “Baron and Tang (2009) point to numerous studies demonstrating the strong effect of these skills on important outcomes in many situations, including entrepreneurship.”
The downside of being ‘up’: entrepreneurs' dispositional positive affect and firm performance (2011, methodology): “Previous research has shown that fi rm age and fi rm net worth infl uence innovation and other aspects of entrepreneurial development (Baron and Tang, 2009; Ucbasaran et al., 2009).”
Resourcing new businesses: social networks, bootstrapping and firm performance (2010, methodology): “The ability to bootstrap using the three forms of network ties depends heavily on the entrepreneurs’ social skills (Baron and Tang 2009). This interpretation is confirmed by Carter et al. (2003) who state that managerial skills and social networks are foundational to effective bootstrapping techniqu”
Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions: The Role of Prior Learning Experiences and Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Competencies* (2018, background): “Previous studies found that entrepreneurs’ social skills enhance access to information and increase cooperation and trust from others, which in turn has a positive impact on financial success (Baron and Markman 2003; Baron and Tang 2009).”
The role of entrepreneurs in firm-level innovation: Joint effects of positive affect, creativity, and environmental dynamism (2011, background): “At the firm level, previous research has shown that firm size and sales revenues influence innovation and other aspects of entrepreneurial development (Baron and Tang, 2009; Ucbasaran et al., 2009).”