Management Faculty Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
8-2022
Abstract
A burgeoning stream of research is emerging on the importance of entrepreneurial imaginativeness in the new venture development process. Empirical studies so far have focused predominantly on its ideation-based outcomes—the number and quality of ideas produced. Knowledge remains scant, however, on its antecedent mechanisms and mediating role in nascent venturing. Drawing from a novel Janusian-thinking lens, we integrate another growing research stream in entrepreneurship—multicultural experience—to probe how the creative, social, and practical cognitive schemas underpinning entrepreneurial imaginativeness can be cultivated through dimensions of perhaps the most distinctive form of cultural exposure: living abroad. We find evidence across two studies that depth and breadth of living abroad experiences relate to imaginativeness facets differentially, which in turn, can help us understand the extent to which entrepreneurs attempt to launch ventures
Recommended Citation
Pidduck, R.J., Clark, D.R. and Zhang, Y., 2022. Entrepreneurial imaginativeness: A Janusian-Cognition Lens on the Role of Multicultural Experience. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 16986). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.250
DOI
10.5465/AMBPP.2022.250
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