Not logged in.
Quick Search - Contribution
Contribution Details
| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Blinded by a social cause? Differences in cognitive biases between social and commercial entrepreneurs |
| Organization Unit | |
| Authors |
|
| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
| Language |
|
| Journal Title | Journal of Social Entrepreneurship |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 1942-0684 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Number | 3 |
| Page Range | 431 - 452 |
| Date | 2022 |
| Abstract Text | How are social entrepreneurs different from commercial entrepreneurs? This study sheds light on this issue by applying the perspective of entrepreneurial cognition and by arguing that social entrepreneurs are even more susceptible to cognitive biases than commercial entrepreneurs. The empirical study of 205 Swiss entrepreneurs could confirm that social entrepreneurs tend to be more overconfident and prone to escalation of commitment than commercial entrepreneurs, while the study found no differences for illusion of control. The findings indicate that cognitive biases are an important puzzle piece to understand the differences between social and commercial entrepreneurs. |
| Free access at | DOI |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1080/19420676.2021.1880466 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:22140 |
| PDF File |
Download from ZORA
|
| Export |
BibTeX
EP3 XML (ZORA)
|