To thine own self be true: Images of self, images of opportunity, and entrepreneurial action

By J. Mitchell, Dean A. Shepherd. 2010

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

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Identity and entrepreneurship: do school peers shape entrepreneurial intentions? (2010, background): “entrepreneurial behavior in the field of strategic management research that focuses on entrepreneurial behavior from a psychological perspective; see, e.g., Baron (1998) and Mitchell and Shepherd (2010) .”
Emergence of entrepreneurial behaviour: The role of age-based self-image (2015, methodology): “The present study follows Markus and Nurius (1986) and Mitchell and Shepherd (2010) by focusing on one element of the self that is based on an individual’s potential to perform a particular behaviour.”
Opportunity Evaluation as Rule‐Based Decision Making (2014, methodology): “Haynie et al. (2009) and Mitchell and Shepherd (2010) each look at the role of opportunity-related knowledge, writ-large, and find that opportunities are more attractive when they are related to the entrepreneurs’ existing knowledge base.”
What Makes an Entrepreneurship Study Entrepreneurial? Toward A Unified Theory of Entrepreneurial Agency (2020, background): “…2001), empathic design (McMullen, 2010, 2015), improvisation (Hmieleski & Corbett, 2006), exploitation of opportunities (Davidsson, 2015; Shane & Venkataraman, 2000; Shepherd, 2015) and goal pursuit (McMullen & Kier, 2016; Mitchell & Shepherd, 2010; Van Gelderen et al., 2015), to name only a few.”
Self-Compassion When Coping With Venture Obstacles: Loving-Kindness Meditation and Entrepreneurial Fear of Failure (2019, background): “Regarding self- kindness, because fear of failure is related to an individual’s self- image (Cacciotti et al., 2016; Mitchell & Shepherd, 2010), the positive self- image promoted by being kind to oneself can play a crucial role in coping with fear inducing events.”
Re-thinking research on born globals (2015, background): “combine Oviatt and McDougall (2005) with Jones and Coviello (2005) and more recent work from Casillas and Acedo (2013) as well as Chetty,”
A systematic literature review of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition: insights on influencing factors (2014, neutral): “• Mitchell and Shepherd (2010)”
Fear and Entrepreneurship: A Review and Research Agenda (2015, positive): “In other cases, studies explicitly relate the fearful emotional reactions to the possibility of failure of opportunity or outcome (e.g. Arenius and Minniti 2005; Hessels et al. 2011; Koellinger et al. 2013; Mitchell and Shepherd 2010; Wagner 2007; Wennberg et al. 2013; Wood et al. 2014).”
The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: A Study of Iranian Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions and Opportunity Identification (2016, background): “Studies have also found that selfefficacy is a remarkable predictor of OIP (Ardichvilia, Cardozob, and Ray 2003; Gibbs 2009; Gonzalez-Alvarez and Solis-Rodriguez 2011; Krueger 2000; Mitchell and Shepherd 2010; Ozgen and Baron 2007; Ucbasaran, Westhead, and Wright 2009).”
A reconceptualization of fear of failure in entrepreneurship (2016, methodology): “…Mitchell, 1996; Mitchell and Shepherd, 2011; Morgan and Sisak, 2016), indicating why this construct has received considerable attention (Arenius and Minniti, 2005; Cacciotti and Hayton, 2015; Langowitz and Minniti, 2007; Minniti and Nardone, 2007; Mitchell and Shepherd, 2010; Wood et al., 2014).”
The Varying Effects of Family Relationships in Entrepreneurial Teams (2013, background): “Such situations have motivated research into the processes related to transitions between identities (Ashforth, 2001; Ashforth, Kreiner, & Fugate, 2000) and managing boundaries between identities (Ashforth & Mael, 2004; Haynie & Shepherd, 2009; Mitchell & Shepherd, 2010).”