Family support and entrepreneurial passion: The mediating role of entrepreneurs’ psychological capital

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Jian-Li Gao
Dong-Sheng Li
Mary-Louise Conway
Cite this article:  Gao, J., Li, D., & Conway, M. (2021). Family support and entrepreneurial passion: The mediating role of entrepreneurs’ psychological capital. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 49(3), e9791.


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Entrepreneurial passion is seen as a valuable predictor of entrepreneurs’ behavior and performance. We explored what makes entrepreneurs passionate by adopting a qualitative research method from a social support perspective. To test our hypotheses we conducted a survey with 287 young entrepreneurs in China. Using structural equation modeling we studied the impact of three types of support from the family on entrepreneurial passion. The results show that financial support and social capital support had a stronger influence on entrepreneurial passion than did emotional support. Further, psychological capital played a partial mediating role in the relationship between family support and entrepreneurial passion. This study enhances the integrity of previous research conclusions on entrepreneurial passion and, in particular, provides further insight into the development of nascent entrepreneurs and their new businesses.

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