Entrepreneurial passion is socially contagious. However, do entrepreneurs also select whom they interact with based on passion similarity? The complex interdependencies between social net-works and entrepreneurial passion remain undertheorized and empirically puzzling. Using a stochastic actor-oriented model (SIENA) and four waves of panel data, we test hypotheses about the co-evolution of social networks and entrepreneurial passion during a 5-month startup accelerator program. We observe that social ties occur more frequently among peer entrepreneurs who are similar in levels of passion for founding. Initial homophily selection explains 34% of this observed similarity whereas social contagion explains 57%. Finally, we find that passion for founding is more contagious among members of startup teams than across other peer ties. Sur-prisingly, none of these effects are significant for passion for inventing. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

Network to passion or passion to network? Disentangling entrepreneurial passion selection and contagion effects among peers and teams in a startup accelerator / Becker, Kai; Ebbers, Joris; Engel, Yuval. - In: JOURNAL OF BUSINESS VENTURING. - ISSN 0883-9026. - 38:4(2023), pp. 1-22. [10.1016/j.jbusvent.2023.106299]

Network to passion or passion to network? Disentangling entrepreneurial passion selection and contagion effects among peers and teams in a startup accelerator

Joris Ebbers;
2023

Abstract

Entrepreneurial passion is socially contagious. However, do entrepreneurs also select whom they interact with based on passion similarity? The complex interdependencies between social net-works and entrepreneurial passion remain undertheorized and empirically puzzling. Using a stochastic actor-oriented model (SIENA) and four waves of panel data, we test hypotheses about the co-evolution of social networks and entrepreneurial passion during a 5-month startup accelerator program. We observe that social ties occur more frequently among peer entrepreneurs who are similar in levels of passion for founding. Initial homophily selection explains 34% of this observed similarity whereas social contagion explains 57%. Finally, we find that passion for founding is more contagious among members of startup teams than across other peer ties. Sur-prisingly, none of these effects are significant for passion for inventing. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.
2023
Entrepreneurial passion. Social networks. Peer selection. Social contagion. Stochastic actor -oriented model. SIENA
Network to passion or passion to network? Disentangling entrepreneurial passion selection and contagion effects among peers and teams in a startup accelerator / Becker, Kai; Ebbers, Joris; Engel, Yuval. - In: JOURNAL OF BUSINESS VENTURING. - ISSN 0883-9026. - 38:4(2023), pp. 1-22. [10.1016/j.jbusvent.2023.106299]
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