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Founder Metacognitive Knowledge and the Adoption of Entrepreneurial Orientation in Leading New Ventures

Journal of Leadership and Management

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Title Founder Metacognitive Knowledge and the Adoption of Entrepreneurial Orientation in Leading New Ventures
 
Creator Fox, Corey J.; Department of Management, College of Business,
Missouri State University, USA
Casper, William Camron; Department of Management and Entrepreneurship,
Rohrer College of Business, Rowan University, USA
D’Intino, Robert S.; Department of Management and Entrepreneurship,
Rohrer College of Business, Rowan University, USA
 
Description This study explores the relationship between founding entrepreneurs’ metacognitive knowledge and the adoption of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in their new ventures. While much is known about the nature of EO and its relationship with new venture performance, far less research is available concerning why entrepreneurs adopt EO for their firms. Drawing upon upper echelons and social cognitive theories, we theorize that founders’ self-regulation, and more specifically their metacognitive knowledge, may play a significant role across all three elements of EO (innovativeness, pro-activeness, and risk taking). We test our assertions on a sample of 144 entrepreneurs. Our results offer significant support for our hypothesized relationships. We conclude with a discussion of the ramifications of our findings and offer a number of future research avenues as a result of our study.
 
Publisher Institute of Leadership in Management
 
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Date 2015-09-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://leadership.net.pl/index.php/JLM/article/view/76
 
Source Journal of Leadership and Management; Vol 3, No 5-6 (2015): Journal of Leadership and Management
2391-6087
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://leadership.net.pl/index.php/JLM/article/view/76/53
 
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