The Perception of a Founder’s Obsessive Passion and Potential Co-founders’ Team Entry Decisions
Journal
Best Paper Proceedings
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
Research Team
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Abstract (De)
This paper investigates the impact of perceived passion of a founder on potential co-founders’ decision to join or not a venture team. Employing a conjoint experiment, we find that co-founders are less likely to join when they perceive that the founder has obsessive passion for: (1) the founder’s individual vision, (2) the engagement in multiple unrelated ventures, and (3) the achievement of high performance at all costs. Co-founders are more likely to join, when they perceive that the founder has obsessive passion for (4) improving team members’ capabilities increases. Further, co-founders’ self-esteem moderates the impact of perceived obsessive passion. These findings provide important theoretical implications for the role of passion in team formation."
Language
English
Publisher
Academy of Management
Publisher place
Academy of Management Proceedings
Volume
2020
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Eprints ID
263483