Effectuation or causation: An fsQCA analysis of entrepreneurial passion, risk perception, and self-efficacy

By Silvia Stroe, Vinit Parida, Joakim Wincent. Journal of business research, 2018

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Abstract This paper enriches the literature on entrepreneurial decision-making logic by investigating nascent entrepreneurs' use of effectuation and causation. The configurational effect of passion, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and risk perception is tested for causal and effectual decision-making. The results, based on data gathered from 50 nascent entrepreneurs, show that, more than passion, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and risk perception alone, it is their combination that leads to the use of a causal and an effectual logic. This fsQCA-based study thereby helps unravel some of the complexities behind entrepreneurs' choice of decision-making logic.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Management of Technology and Innovation

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

• Entrepreneurial Passion: A Review, Synthesis, and Agenda for Future Research (2019, background): “Finally, Stroe et al. (2018b) found that obsessive passion predicted use of a causal logic in entrepreneurial decision-making, whereas harmonious passion predicted use of an effectual logic.”