Exploring the Heart: Entrepreneurial Emotion Is a Hot Topic

Entrepreneurial emotion refers to the affect, emotions, moods, and/or feelings—of individuals or a collective—that are antecedent to, concurrent with, and/or a consequence of, the entrepreneurial process, meaning the recognition/creation, evaluation, reformulation, and/or the exploitation of a possi...

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Published in:Entrepreneurship theory and practice 2012-01, Vol.36 (1), p.1-10
Main Authors: Cardon, Melissa S., Foo, Maw-Der, Shepherd, Dean, Wiklund, Johan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affectivity
Behavioural economics
Business
Cognition & reasoning
Corporate culture
Emotions
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Feelings
Management
Organization theory
Studies
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Summary:Entrepreneurial emotion refers to the affect, emotions, moods, and/or feelings—of individuals or a collective—that are antecedent to, concurrent with, and/or a consequence of, the entrepreneurial process, meaning the recognition/creation, evaluation, reformulation, and/or the exploitation of a possible opportunity. In this paper, we explore this working definition of entrepreneurial emotion, what it means, and some important advances the field has made in this area of research. We also highlight fundamental avenues for future research that are sorely in need of study. Finally, we introduce the seven papers in this special issue on the Heart of Entrepreneurship and how they move the conversation on entrepreneurial emotion forward.
ISSN:1042-2587
1540-6520
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00501.x