The Relationship between Entrepreneurs ' Regulatory Focus and Organizational Resilience of New Ventures

Yajun Zhang; Tao Tang; Xinyue Zhang

doi:10.54691/00tamg48

Authors

Yajun Zhang
Tao Tang
Xinyue Zhang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/00tamg48

Keywords:

Organizational Resilience; Regulatory Focus; New Venture.

Abstract

Organizational resilience is an indispensable organizational ability for enterprises in the case of VUCA, and it is the pulse that leads the development of new ventures.Based on the regulatory focus theory and organizational resilience theory, this paper focuses on the impact of entrepreneurs ' regulatory focus on the organizational resilience of new ventures. An empirical study of 138 valid questionnaires shows that entrepreneurs ' promotion focus and defense focus have a positive impact on the organizational resilience of new ventures, and the positive impact of promotion focus is more significant. At the same time, entrepreneurs ' regulatory focus of promotion and regulatory focus of defense have a synergistic effect on the organizational resilience of new ventures.

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