The Curvilinear Relationship Between Collective Team Identification and New Venture Performance: The Moderating Effect of Environmental Uncertainty

Ji Hao () and Zhou Wencang ()
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Ji Hao: Business School, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Zhou Wencang: Management, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave – SBUS452, 07043 Montclair, NJ, USA

Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2024, vol. 14, issue 1, 313-338

Abstract: Many new ventures are founded and developed by teams rather than solo entrepreneurs. Therefore, the extent to which entrepreneurs identify with their teams is likely to have an important impact on the process and outcome of new venture creation in new venture teams. However, most of the relevant studies focus on entrepreneurs’ individual identity, and the identity at the team level has been overlooked. This study seeks to fill this gap by exploring the effect of collective team identification on new venture performance. The relationship between collective team identification and new venture performance was examined using a sample of 54 new venture teams in Internet Technology (IT) industry. The results show that the relationship between collective team identification and new venture performance is inverted U-shaped. Moreover, environmental uncertainty may moderate this curvilinear effect, such that this inverted U-shaped relationship is more salient at a low level of environmental uncertainty rather than at a high level of environmental uncertainty.

Keywords: collective team identification; new venture performance; environmental uncertainty; new venture teams (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1515/erj-2021-0101

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