Reconceptualizing entrepreneurial orientation

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Anderson, Brian S.; Kreiser, Patrick M.; Kuratko, Donald F.; Hornsby, Jeffrey S.; Eshima, Yoshihiro
• 署名单位: University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; Iowa State University; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; IU Kelley School of Business; University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Kansas City; University of Osaka
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.2298
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 1579-1596
• 关键词: ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION; measurement theory; formative measurement; entrepreneurial behaviors; managerial attitudes towards risk

摘要

Entrepreneurial orientation (EO)a firm's strategic posture towards entrepreneurshiphas become the predominant construct of interest in strategic entrepreneurship research. Despite the ever-increasing volume of nomological research on EO, there remain ongoing conversations regarding its ontology. Drawing from measurement theory, we outline an EO reconceptualization addressing the likely prevalence of Type II nomological error in the EO literature stemming from measurement model misspecification. Focusing on the question of whether EO is an attitudinal construct, a behavioral construct, or both, we propose a formative construction of EO viewing the exhibition of entrepreneurial behaviors and of managerial attitude towards risk as jointly necessary dimensions that collectively form the higher-order EO construct. We present an empirical illustration of our reconceptualization followed by a discussion of future research opportunities. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.