TY - JOUR
T1 - Initial networking processes of student entrepreneurs: The role of action and evaluation
AU - Kaandorp, M.S.
AU - van Burg, J.C.
AU - Karlsson, T.
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - We study initial entrepreneurial networking, and describe it as a process of initiating, reacting, and evaluating networking. Our study of student entrepreneurs’ weekly diaries particularly points at the interaction of networking actions and cognitive evaluations. We introduce the concept of network momentum, which refers to the entrepreneur’s perception that the network starts to exist without the immediate effort of the entrepreneur, and we analyze the processes that lead to the establishment of network momentum. Our study contributes to the emergent literature on entrepreneurial networking and the role of cognitive evaluative processes in particular.
AB - We study initial entrepreneurial networking, and describe it as a process of initiating, reacting, and evaluating networking. Our study of student entrepreneurs’ weekly diaries particularly points at the interaction of networking actions and cognitive evaluations. We introduce the concept of network momentum, which refers to the entrepreneur’s perception that the network starts to exist without the immediate effort of the entrepreneur, and we analyze the processes that lead to the establishment of network momentum. Our study contributes to the emergent literature on entrepreneurial networking and the role of cognitive evaluative processes in particular.
KW - cognitive evaluation
KW - diary study
KW - longitudinal analysis
KW - nascent entrepreneurs
KW - networking processes
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U2 - 10.1177/1042258719834019
DO - 10.1177/1042258719834019
M3 - Article
SN - 1540-6520
VL - 44
SP - 527
EP - 556
JO - Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
JF - Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
IS - 3
ER -