AUTHOR=Shen Yan , Wang Qi , Hua Danni , Zhang Zhetao 

TITLE=Entrepreneurial Learning, Self-Efficacy, and Firm Performance: Exploring Moderating Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.731628

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.731628

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Although the impact entrepreneurial learning on firm performance has attracted significant attention, a comprehensive understanding by integrating entrepreneurial orientation and individual self-efficacy remain poorly understood. We fill this void by integrating the above variables into a model and examine these relations. Findings from a sample of 411 nascent entrepreneurs support that entrepreneurial learning is positively related to firm performance, and this relationship is fully mediated by entrepreneurial self-efficacy. We also found entrepreneurial orientation strengthens the positive impact of entrepreneurial learning on entrepreneurial self-efficacy. The findings indicate that entrepreneurial self-efficacy must be in place to maximize the effect of entrepreneurial learning on performance, and entrepreneurial orientation is an important contingency in shaping entrepreneurial learning’s impact on nascent entrepreneur’s self-efficacy.