Study on the antecedent configuration of entrepreneurial passion——A comparative analysis based on entrepreneurial experience
Based on the entrepreneurial cognitive theory,this study constructed an antecedent configuration model of entrepreneurial passion and compared the configuration path of high entrepreneurial passion with the samples of 39 second-time and 299 first-time entrepreneurs using the fsQCA method. The results showed that there are four paths triggering a high entrepreneurial passion of second-time entrepreneurs,and the four paths could be categorized into two types according to the distribution of core conditions:motivation-network-linked and efficacy-network-linked. To first-time entrepreneurs,three paths could trigger high entrepreneurial passion and be categorized into two types:self-driven and network-resource-driven. The comparison study showed that entrepreneurial self-efficacy was the core variable in generating high entrepreneurial passion for most first-time entrepreneurs without experience;However,for second-time entrepreneurs with experience,entrepreneurial networks were considered very important in generating high entrepreneurial passion. From the perspective of entrepreneurial cognition,this paper compared and analyzed the configuration paths of entrepreneurs with different entrepreneurial experiences to generate high entrepreneurial passion,and provided practical enlightenment for different types of entrepreneurs to stimulate or maintain entrepreneurial passion.