Creativity, self-efficacy, and small-firm performance: the mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation

Anis Khedhaouria (), Călin Gurău and Olivier Torrès
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Anis Khedhaouria: MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier
Călin Gurău: MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier
Olivier Torrès: EM - EMLyon Business School

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Abstract: Determinants of small-firm performance represent a central topic in the entrepreneurship literature. Addressing associations among personal traits, entrepreneurial orientation (EO), and small-firm performance, we develop a model to examine how an entrepreneur's creativity, self-efficacy, and EO affect small-firm performance. The hypotheses are tested on a sample of 256 French small-firm owners. The findings show that self-efficacy and EO are positively and directly associated with firm performance, whereas creativity and firm performance are fully mediated by EO. These findings offer important theoretical and practical implications.

Keywords: Self-efficacy; Creativity; Entrepreneurial orientation; Firm performance; Mediation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-03
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Published in Small Business Economics, 2015, 44 (3), pp.485-504. ⟨10.1007/s11187-014-9608-y⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s11187-014-9608-y

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