Fueling the fire: Examining identity centrality, affective interpersonal commitment and gender as drivers of entrepreneurial passion

By Charles Y. Murnieks, Melissa S. Cardon, J. Haynie. Journal of Business Venturing, 2020

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Abstract Research on passion is burgeoning in the entrepreneurial literature, yet we still know little about what factors drive entrepreneurial passion. Recognizing the socially embedded nature of entrepreneurship, we examine identity-related social forces that may fuel the fire of entrepreneurial passion. Employing a lagged design that controls for known antecedents, we find different pathways driving harmonious versus obsessive entrepreneurial passion. We find that harmonious entrepreneurial passion is fueled by entrepreneurial identity centrality whereas obsessive entrepreneurial passion is fueled by affective interpersonal commitment. Interestingly, gender moderates both these relationships.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Gemma Garima Chandan
2. J. Moeller
3. M. Obschonka
4. Alexander Newman

In Management of Technology and Innovation

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2. Gemma Garima Chandan
3. J. Moeller
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In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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2. Gemma Garima Chandan
3. J. Moeller
4. M. Obschonka
5. S. Karimi

Citations in the corpus

• Entrepreneurial Passion: A Review, Synthesis, and Agenda for Future Research (2019, background): “Murnieks et al. (2014) found a strong link between entrepreneurs’ harmonious passion and entrepreneurial behavior measured as the amount of time they engaged in entrepreneurial activity. Similarly, Obschonka et al. (2019) found a positive link between academics’ harmonious passion and their entrepre”