CUFE-BS Academic Seminar: Entrepreneurial Learning: A Self-Regulation Perspective

Time: 19 September2019, 2:00-4:00 PM

Location: Room615, CUFE Business School

Speaker: Dr. StephenXu ZHANG

Dr. Stephen XuZHANG is an associate professor from University of Sydney. Dr. Zhang’s majorresearch fields are entrepreneurship recognition, entrepreneurship strategy,and entrepreneurship failure etc.Dr.Zhang has published research papers on Small Business Economics、EntrepreneurshipTheory & Practice、International Journal of SustainableDevelopment & World Ecology etc.

Abstract: Learningis fundamental to entrepreneurship. Using the theoretical perspective ofself-regulation, we develop and test a model suggesting that contingency ofself-worth (CSW) influences to what extent proactive behaviors translate intolearning. We further posit the amount of learning matters for new ventureprogress. We tested our theoretical model in 2 studies of entrepreneurs withone base line measurement and eight repeated measurements of 491 and 571observations respectively. The results support the model and contribute to ourunderstanding of the antecedents and consequences of entrepreneurial learning.