How do managerial ties influence the effectuation and causation of entrepreneurship in China? The role of entrepreneurs’ cognitive bias
Wenwei Zhang,
Wenhong Zhao,
Yu Gao and
Zhenxin Xiao
Asia Pacific Business Review, 2020, vol. 26, issue 5, 613-641
Abstract:
Drawing on social cognitive theory and social network theory, this study investigates the relationships between managerial ties, entrepreneurs’ cognitive bias, and the effectuation and causation of behavioural modes of entrepreneurship. It uses structural equation modelling to analyse a sample of 214 entrepreneurs in China. The empirical results indicate that business ties lead entrepreneurs to use effectual approaches by prompting the entrepreneurs’ overconfidence, whereas institutional ties enable entrepreneurs to use both causation and effectuation by prompting the entrepreneurs’ illusion of control. This study delineates how different types of managerial ties affect causation and effectuation through different cognitive mechanisms.
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1765537
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