How Do Feelings Influence Effort? An Empirical Study of Entrepreneurs' Affect and Venture Effort

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1086-1094

  Foo, Maw Der ^a   Uy, Marilyn A ^a,b   Baron, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

affect; affect as information; entrepreneurial affect; temporal focus; venture effort

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHARACTER; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHARACTER; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67650961181     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015599     Document Type: Article

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