Keeping a keen edge: Social support among new venture team members and venture goal commitment

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Ying Chen ◽  
Kim Klyver
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Goal Commitment ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Team Members

Examining the Creative Self-Efficacy, Goal Interdependence, and Satisfaction of New Venture Teams in the Board Game Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Gabrielle Swab ◽  
Aviel Cogan ◽  
Tobias Pret ◽  
David R. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Board Game ◽  
Goal Structures ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Social Interdependence ◽  
Goal Interdependence ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
Creative Self

Abstract This study theoretically and empirically examines the important role that goal structures play in new venture teams. Specifically, we examine how creative self-efficacy affects the satisfaction of team members through cooperative and competitive goal interdependence. Relying on social cognitive and social interdependence theories, we contend that new venture teams’ creative self-efficacy leads to higher team satisfaction because it promotes the perception of cooperative goal structures among team members. We test our theory on new venture teams in the independent board game industry. Results generally support our hypotheses and we discuss the implications for entrepreneurship research and practice.

scholarly journals Facilitators and Barriers Return to Work in Working People with Serious Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Maddineshat ◽  
Efat Sadeghian ◽  
Ali Ghaleiha ◽  
Mitra Khalafbeigi ◽  
Fatemeh Cheraghi
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Return To Work ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Working People ◽  
Facilitators And Barriers

Abstract Background: Many factors affect return to work (RTW) in employees and workers (hereinafter referred to as working people) with serious mental illness (SMI). Identifying these factors can prevent long-term sick leave absence and work disability. Aim: The current study was conducted to identify facilitators and barriers RTW in working people with SMI admitted to a psychiatric hospital and clinic affiliated with the Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.Methods: A qualitative study was conducted in 2020 on 27 participants with SMI, families, supervisors, managers, and mental health team members. The participants were selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected using in-depth and semi-structured interviews. A total of 40 interviews were conducted face-to-face and fallow-up by the telephone. The interviews were based on a conventional content analysis approach.Results: Two main themes emerged, including social support and RTW's challenges. Social support consisted of four main categories: emotional support, information support, instrumental support, and supervisor's flexibility. RTW's challenges consisted of two main categories: personal obstacles and general issues.Conclusion: We found that two facilitator and barrier factors including social support and RTW's challenges affected the RTW process in working people with SMI. Identifying facilitator and barrier factors gives us comprehensive information to use in RTW programs and developing policies RTW in working people with SMI.

scholarly journals A Little Help from My Friends: Social Support in Palliative Rehabilitation

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Rutkowski ◽  
S. Lebel ◽  
K. Richardson ◽  
B. Mutsaers ◽  
M. Chasen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
Auditory Impairments ◽  
Supportive Needs

Background Social support has been shown to buffer some difficulties of living with advanced cancer. The Palliative Rehabilitation Program (prp) was an interdisciplinary outpatient program offering post-treatment palliative rehabilitation to patients with advanced cancer. Social support was directly integrated into the program. The aim of the present study was to examine the types and sources of social support that patients found most beneficial.Methods Twelve patients participated in 30-minute semi-structured interviews. Thematic content analysis was used to explore the social support experiences of those patients in the prp. Patients were eligible to participate in the interview if they had completed the 8-week prp, spoke English, and did not have cognitive or auditory impairments affecting their ability to participate.Results The main sources of support reported by participants were team members and spouse, family, or close friends; peers attending the program; and spiritual beliefs. Social support varied based on sex and age, such that, compared with women, men reported relying less on social support, and the supportive needs of younger (≤50 years of age) and older participants differed. Team members were endorsed as frequently as family as social support.Discussion Emotional support was endorsed with the greatest frequency. The members of the interdisciplinary care team were also providers of emotional and informational support for patients, bolstering the support received from caregivers. Widowed or divorced women might rely on health care providers more readily than do married men, who chose their wives as support. Future rehabilitation programs might consider the importance of an interdisciplinary team, the formal integration of caregivers, and the incorporation of spirituality to meet the unique supportive needs of patients with advanced cancer.

scholarly journals Feel the commitment: From situational emotional information to venture goal commitment

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Treffers ◽  
Kim Klyver ◽  
Mette Søgaard Nielsen ◽  
Marilyn A Uy
Keyword(s):  
Goal Commitment ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Emotional Information ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Opportunity Evaluation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

An individual’s commitment stimulates action, but we know little about how entrepreneurial commitment initially emerges. Utilising affect-as-information and the appraisal theory, our objective is to investigate the influence of situational emotional information on the venture goal commitment of individuals, defined as commitment to the goal of starting a new venture. Based on a correlational pilot study and an experimental scenario approach, we first link encouragement and discouragement provided by the individual’s parents and friends to venture goal commitment and test the mediating role of opportunity evaluation. Second, we find that emotional intelligence plays a moderating role in the relationship between situational emotional information and venture goal commitment as mediated through opportunity evaluation. Overall, our research underscores the emotional and cognitive mechanisms that shape venture goal commitment by explaining how and under which conditions situational emotional information is internalised and venture goal commitment emerges.

The heavy cost of kumbaya–understanding the survival implications of nascent venture ownership structure

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Noack ◽  
Douglas R. Miller ◽  
Rebecca Guidice
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Psychological Ownership ◽  
New Venture ◽  
New Venture Creation ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Founding Team ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis paper brings in relevant entrepreneurial behavior theory to understand the ownership decisions founders make during the nascent stage of new venture creation, and how such decisions impact the viability of the firm.Design/methodology/approachThe authors examine the behavior and decision making of 137 lead founders during the nascent stage of new venture creation. Psychological ownership and environmental uncertainty are measured of lead founders when dividing up firm ownership among the founding team. Using a longitudinal approach, these nascent-stage decisions are then analyzed to understand the impact on the new venture one year later.FindingsCounter to prior research suggesting teams are better off with identical wages and ownership, the authors find such harmony (i.e. “kumbaya”) pursuit to be a detriment to new venture emergence. Specifically, this study finds that nascent ventures are better off with an unequal ownership split among the founding team members. These findings suggest that nascent firms with an unequal split are more likely to move beyond the nascent stage and launch a functional business.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough the results of this study offer a valuable contribution to lead founders and new businesses, the study looked at each startup independent of another and is therefore not able to draw any conclusions related to competitiveness.Practical implicationsLead founders and founding teams frequently divide ownership evenly among the founders. This paper shows that, while convenient, the decision to divide ownership equally can hamper a nascent firm as it moves toward the launch phase of the startup process. These results should motivate founders to think deeply regarding the ownership structure decision and, at the very least, consider the possible negative costs associated with the pursuit of founding team unity.Originality/valueWhile scholars have brought attention to the nascent stage, few have identified and analyzed the decisions that take place during this critical time of the new venture development process. Furthermore, even is less is known of the impact nascent decisions have on startup launch. This study sheds light on these areas.

scholarly journals Teams in new ventures: gender, human capital and motivation

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Cerqueti ◽  
Caterina Lucarelli ◽  
Nicoletta Marinelli ◽  
Alessandra Micozzi
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Nascent Entrepreneurs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Business Creation ◽  
Personal Motivation ◽  
Start Ups

Purpose This paper aims to dismantle the idea that sex per se explains entrepreneurial outcomes and demonstrates the influence of a gendered motivation on forging and shaping new venture teams, which is a disruptive choice affecting the future of start-ups. Design/methodology/approach A two-level research model is validated on data from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics II (PSED II), with a system of simultaneous equations. First, if team features affect the performance of new ventures is tested; then, the study investigates determinants of team features with a focus on sex and motivation of nascent entrepreneurs. Findings Human capital (HC) in terms of education and experience of team members consistently explains venture evolution only when considering the larger team of affiliates. The HC gathered by nascent entrepreneurs is not because of the simplistic sex condition, but rather to a gendered motivation related to the inferior need of achievement of women. Research limitations/implications Limitations of discretionary scoring assigned to items of the PSED II survey are present, but unavoidable when processing qualitative data. Practical implications Women need to be (culturally) educated on how to re-balance their personal motivation towards entrepreneurship by fostering their incentives for achievement. Political and educational programmes could trigger success in the creation of new businesses led by women. Originality/value This paper contributes to the literature on nascent entrepreneurship, focusing on the entrepreneurial teams in the initial phase of business creation, and provides the basis for further studies aimed at eradicating the stereotypes of gender roles that lead women to self-exclusion and organizational errors.

The Start of Team Start-Ups: Collective Dynamics of Initiation and Formation of Entrepreneurial Teams

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (01) ◽  
pp. 31-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Forsström-Tuominen ◽  
Iiro Jussila ◽  
Sanjay Goel
Keyword(s):  
Team Building ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Start Ups

This study aims to describe and understand the start of team start-ups through answering why and how team entrepreneurship (TE) is initiated, how teams form, and what kinds of criteria are used in team building. While the above topics have been examined by many scholars, we aim to elaborate new insights into understanding the very first steps of initiating a new venture by an entrepreneurs’ collective. We employ a qualitative multiple-case study approach and analyze individual and group interview data from four high-technology team start-ups through inductive thematic analysis. We find that TE starts with an impetus established by a collective desire, collective value orientation, collective demand, and collective encouragement to TE. The impetus concretizes in coming together of team members where one or some need to take initiative to form the team, and search for members with specific criteria for membership that include not only technical but social-psychological dimensions. The study suggests that emergence of entrepreneurial opportunities at the collective-level might be distinctive from the individual-level. It contributes to researchers, prospective entrepreneurs, investors, policy-makers, and educators’ understanding of TE as a versatile and dynamic phenomenon where individual and group levels of analysis and technical and social-psychological aspects intertwine.

Reducing stress: Social support and group identification

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blake M. McKimmie ◽  
Tamara Butler ◽  
Edward Chan ◽  
Allira Rogers ◽  
Nerina L. Jimmieson
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Received Social Support ◽  
Task Satisfaction ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reducing Stress ◽  
And Task

Three studies systematically explored the relationship between social support and group identification in the context of how individuals cope with stress. In Study 1, 101 participants took part in a simulated group task where they either received social support or not under conditions of either high or low demand. Social support was associated with higher group identification, and this mediated the effect of social support on more positive appraisals and task satisfaction. In Study 2, 83 participants were either made aware of their group membership or worked as individuals on a group task under high or low demand. In this study, group membership salience was associated with greater perceived support, which was associated with greater group identification, and subsequently more positive primary and secondary appraisals, more problem-focused coping, and task satisfaction. Study 3 assessed the perceived social support and group identification reported by 71 volleyball team members before and after a game. Results were more consistent with the notion that support and identification were two concurrent perceptions associated with being in a group, rather than identification priming the recognition of support or support increasing identification.

scholarly journals Test of a Conceptual Model to Explain Television Exposure of Head Start Children

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 970-980
Author(s):  
Taren M. Swindle ◽  
Diane Jarrett ◽  
Lorraine M. McKelvey ◽  
Leanne Whiteside-Mansell ◽  
Nicola A. Conners Edge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Head Start ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Parental Stress ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Tv Viewing ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Familial Factors

Excessive television (TV) viewing by children can lead to negative health and developmental outcomes. Using structural equation modeling, this study tests a conceptual model to understand social and familial factors associated with TV exposure among a sample of 767 Head Start families with children between the ages of 3 and 5 years. Fit statistics suggested that the overall model provided an acceptable fit to the observed data. Specifically, significant structural paths suggest that parents’ social support affects child TV exposure. Additionally, lower levels of social support were associated with significantly greater parental stress, which also predicted child TV exposure. Findings suggest that physicians and other team members of the patient-centered medical home may benefit from broad-based interventions that address familial factors to combat excess TV exposure among children. Urging parents to turn off the TV could fail to address the underlying causes of child TV exposure.

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