NDLI: Switch or persevere? The effects of experience and metacognition on persistence decisions

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Mattingly, Eric Shaunn Kushev, Trayan N. Ahuja, Manju K. Ma, Dalong
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	This paper extends the scholarly understanding of entrepreneurial persistence decisions by identifying individual-level constructs that moderate which decision criteria have the most influence on entrepreneurs’ persistence decisions. Prior research demonstrates that contextual factors, such as feedback through adversity and the attractiveness of opportunities in an entrepreneur’s environment, determine whether or not an entrepreneur will persist with their current venture. We contribute to this literature by theoretically proposing and empirically testing how individual differences in entrepreneurial experience, metacognitive experience, and metacognitive knowledge moderate which aspects of environmental information entrepreneurs pay the most attention to when deciding whether or not to persist. We test our proposed model using a conjoint experiment that allows for monitoring actual persistence decisions of 124 entrepreneurs. Results suggest that metacognitive knowledge influences persistence decisions primarily through altering the impact that probability of expected outcomes associated with potential alternatives has on entrepreneurs’ persistence decisions. Furthermore, the results provide evidence that more experienced entrepreneurs weigh financial returns and switching costs more heavily when making persistence decisions.
Starting Page	1233
Ending Page	1263
Page Count	31
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15547191
Journal	International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
Volume Number	12
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15551938
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2016-03-12
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Persistence Entrepreneurship Metacognition Threshold theory Opportunity Management Emerging Markets/Globalization
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Management Information Systems Management of Technology and Innovation

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