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Self-compassion when coping with venture obstacles: Loving-kindness meditation and entrepreneurial fear of failure 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Engel, Yuval, Stephany Noordijk, Afra Spoelder, and Marco van Gelderen
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Wiley-Blackwell
  • 출판년도2021
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
  • 발행사항45, no. 2 (2021): 263-290.
  • ISBN/ISSN10422587, 15406520
  • 소개/요약Entrepreneurial fear of failure is a ubiquitous yet aversive experience with critical implications for entrepreneurial action and well-being. To understand how entrepreneurs can effectively cope with fear-inducing obstacles, we hypothesize and experimentally test the extent to which self-compassion, cultivated through Loving-Kindness Meditation (LKM), counteracts entrepreneurs’ fear of failure when facing a threatening venture obstacle. Compared to an active control group, entrepreneurs exposed to a brief guided LKM showed higher self-compassion, which, in turn, was associated with lower fear reactivity. We offer novel contributions to entrepreneurship theory and practice by highlighting the role of meditation and self-compassion in building entrepreneurial resilience.