Does self‐efficacy affect entrepreneurial investment?

By Gavin Cassar, Henry L. Friedman. 2009

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Subfields: Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation

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Why We Plan: The Impact of Nascent Entrepreneurs' Cognitive Characteristics and Human Capital on Business Planning (2015, methodology): “— Previously tested and used in Cassar and Friedman (2009).”
Understanding the Dynamics of Nascent Entrepreneurship—Prestart‐Up Experience, Intentions, and Entrepreneurial Success (2015, background): “In line with the extant literature, we have stressed the importance of high ability expectations for entrepreneurs’ success in creating operational ventures (Cassar and Friedman 2009; Rauch and Frese 2007).”
The influence of socio-cultural environments on the performance of nascent entrepreneurs: Community culture, motivation, self-efficacy and start-up success (2012, unknown): “In line with the extant literature, we have stressed the importance of high self-efficacy believes for entrepreneurs’ success in creating operational ventures (e.g. Cassar and Friedman, 2009; Rauch and Frese, 2007).”
Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on Entrepreneurial Efficacy and Alertness among Adolescent Youth (2018, background): “Entrepreneurial self-efficacy has thus indeed been consistently shown to be a positive influence on an individual’s intentions to become involved in entrepreneurship (e.g., Chen et al., 1998; Segal et al., 2005; Zhao et al., 2005; Cassar and Friedman, 2009).”
Expectancy theory and nascent entrepreneurship (2011, unknown): “…answers to the following two items on a 3 Note that this item was originally developed as a measure for expectancy (Gatewood 2004), but has later also been used as a scale item in a scale measuring entrepreneurial self-efficacy (Cassar and Friedman 2009; Hechavarria et al. 2011, in this issue).”
The Relationship between Entrepreneurial Self‐Efficacy and Firm Performance: A Meta‐Analysis of Main and Moderator Effects* (2017, unknown): “that apply to several related tasks within a domain (Cassar and Friedman 2009).”
Motivational Cues and Angel Investing: Interactions among Enthusiasm, Preparedness, and Commitment (2017, background): “In entrepreneurship, commitment has been defined as going all-in (Chen et al., 2009) and being determined (Cassar & Friedman, 2009) when trying to succeed with the venture.”
Thinking About Entrepreneurial Decision Making (2015, background): “…aggressive in their entrepreneurial investment decisions and, therefore, invest more of their personal wealth and time and are more likely to begin and complete the process of creating a new venture (Cassar & Friedman, 2009; for the family business context, see Zellweger, Sieger, & Halter, 2011).”
Entrepreneurial self-efficacy: A systematic review of the literature on its theoretical foundations, measurement, antecedents, and outcomes, and an agenda for future research (2019, background): “For instance, Cassar and Friedman (2009) found that ESE predicted greater investment of personal funds in the venture, hours worked, and likelihood of developing and launching a business, when controlling for factors such as human capital and social capital. Meanwhile, Trevelyan (2011) argued that E”
Institutions and Entrepreneurship Quality (2018, methodology): “We define self-efficacy as “a person’s confidence in their ability to perform tasks” (Cassar & Friedman, 2009, p. 2), which is positively associated with increased expectations and better performance (Luszczynska, et al., 2005).”
The Right People in the Wrong Places: The Paradox of Entrepreneurial Entry and Successful Opportunity Realization (2015, background): “…questionable ventures, engage in limited efforts to establish venture legitimacy, seek fewer resources than needed for venture success, and allocate available resources in myopic ways (Cassar, 2010; Cassar & Friedman, 2009; Cooper, Woo, & Dunkelberg, 1988; Hayward, Shepherd, & Griffin, 2006).”
Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature (2018, unknown): “Cassar and Friedman (2009) assert that their data, drawn from the PSED and interview and survey responses of 431 American nascent entrepreneurs, overcome inference challenges due to venture survivorship and recall bias.”