Thoughts Have Consequences: Attributions By and About Entrepreneurs

Kelly G. Shaver ()
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Kelly G. Shaver: College of Charleston

Chapter Chapter 18 in Revisiting the Entrepreneurial Mind, 2017, pp 275-292 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract An entrepreneurial venture cannot succeed if it is not begun, so an entrepreneur’s decision to start is absolutely critical. That decision will be affected by the entrepreneur’s beliefs about what personal traits are needed and whether she/he has them. Once started, an entrepreneurial venture only very rarely can be scaled without external financial support, provided by investors who have their own unique views of the required traits and likely causes of success. The principles of attribution theory inform our understanding of the causes of both success and failure. Additionally, well-documented errors in causal reasoning can adversely affect entrepreneurial action. This chapter describes the fundamentals of the attribution approach and suggests how correct attributions can support entrepreneurial behavior.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Intention; Nascent Entrepreneur; Dispositional Property; Causal Judgment; Entrepreneurial Venture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45544-0_18

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