TY - JOUR
T1 - Human factors in creative entrepreneurship
T2 - Significance of entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics, perceived status, and emotions
AU - Sanda, Mohammed Aminu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 International Council for Small Business.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This article explores the human-oriented factors that are predictive of creative entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics, perceived status, and emotions. It also determines the influencing effect among these indices in the creative entrepreneurs’ entrepreneurial activities. Guided by a cross-sectional design, quantitative data were collected from 576 creative entrepreneurs and analyzed stepwisely using factor analysis and path analysis approaches. Findings from the factor analysis show that nine factors are predictive of the entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics, 11 factors are predictive of their perceived status, and three factors are predictive of their emotions. It is concluded that creative entrepreneurs are influenced either positively or negatively by their personal characteristics, perceived status, and emotions when pursuing their entrepreneurial activities. Also, an influencing effect exists between their personal characteristics, perceived status, and emotions, the dynamism of which gives credence to the importance of the conception of humane entrepreneurship in the effective design of creative entrepreneurship skills and practices.
AB - This article explores the human-oriented factors that are predictive of creative entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics, perceived status, and emotions. It also determines the influencing effect among these indices in the creative entrepreneurs’ entrepreneurial activities. Guided by a cross-sectional design, quantitative data were collected from 576 creative entrepreneurs and analyzed stepwisely using factor analysis and path analysis approaches. Findings from the factor analysis show that nine factors are predictive of the entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics, 11 factors are predictive of their perceived status, and three factors are predictive of their emotions. It is concluded that creative entrepreneurs are influenced either positively or negatively by their personal characteristics, perceived status, and emotions when pursuing their entrepreneurial activities. Also, an influencing effect exists between their personal characteristics, perceived status, and emotions, the dynamism of which gives credence to the importance of the conception of humane entrepreneurship in the effective design of creative entrepreneurship skills and practices.
KW - Ghana
KW - Humane entrepreneurship
KW - creative entrepreneurs
KW - entrepreneurs’ emotions
KW - entrepreneurs’ perceived status
KW - entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics
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U2 - 10.1080/26437015.2023.2275605
DO - 10.1080/26437015.2023.2275605
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85178240623
SN - 2643-7015
JO - Journal of the International Council for Small Business
JF - Journal of the International Council for Small Business
ER -