Relationship between Entrepreneurial Team Characteristics and Venture Performance in China: From the Aspects of Cognition and Behaviors

Xue-Liang Pei, Tung-Ju Wu, Jia-Ning Guo and Jia-Qi Hu
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Xue-Liang Pei: College of Business Administration, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou 362021, China
Tung-Ju Wu: School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Harbin 150001, China
Jia-Ning Guo: College of Business Administration, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou 362021, China
Jia-Qi Hu: College of Business Administration, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou 362021, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Entrepreneurial and innovative activities are becoming a global economic and social phenomenon, especially in emerging economies. This study focuses on a typical emerging economy, China, and its entrepreneurial and innovative activities. On the basis of current research, the literature review and the chain of “cognition–behavior–outcome” are used for constructing the theoretical model for the relationship among entrepreneurial team cognition characteristics, behavior characteristics, and venture performance. A total of 101 valid copies of questionnaire are collected from entrepreneurial team members, as the research objects, and the structural equation modeling (SEM) method is applied to test the theoretical hypotheses. The research results reveal (1) significant effects of entrepreneurial team cognition characteristics and behavior characteristics on venture performance and (2) partial mediating effects of entrepreneurial team behavior characteristics on the relationship between cognition characteristics and venture performance. The research results are the expansion of research on entrepreneurial teams as well as the important reference for entrepreneurial team management and behavioral practice.

Keywords: entrepreneurial team; cognition characteristics; behavior characteristics; venture performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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