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100	1	0	_aBernoste, Indy _eauthor
700	1	0	_a Khedhaouria, Anis _eauthor
700	1	0	_a Thurik, Roy _eauthor
245	0	0	_aPositive affect, the entrepreneurial process, and the entrepreneurial success of sole proprietors
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520			_aDespite its widely researched role in individual success in many life domains, there is little evidence of how positive affect (that is, the extent to which an individual subjectively experiences positive feelings and emotions) plays a role in entrepreneurial success. Our study proposes and tests an extended model of Baron’s (2008) conceptual framework to investigate the role of positive affect in entrepreneurial success by using a dataset of more than 800 sole proprietors. Our research model relates positive affect to Baron’s key aspects of the entrepreneurial process (opportunity recognition, financial resource acquisition, social network development, response to dynamic environment, and tolerance to stress) and the entrepreneurial success of sole proprietors. Our findings show that positive affect is indirectly and positively associated with the entrepreneurial success of sole proprietors through this entrepreneurial process. Indeed, sole proprietors who express generally positive feelings and emotions are more likely to succeed due to their increased capacity to recognize opportunities, develop broad social networks, respond effectively to rapid change in highly dynamic environments and tolerate intense levels of stress. Our findings have important implications for theory and practice.
690			_asole proprietors
690			_aentrepreneurial process
690			_a(positive) affect
690			_aPanas
690			_aentrepreneurial success
786	0		_nM@n@gement | 22 | 2 | 2020-01-03 | p. 273-296 | 1286-4692
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-management-2019-2-page-273?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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