ABSTRACT This study tests the thesis of the “jack-of-all-trades” – whether individuals with a variety of skills are more likely to pursue entrepreneurship – at the early stage of venture formation. We also investigate if entrepreneurial passion would heighten the effect of a variety of skills to make would-be entrepreneurs keener to pursue the startup process and form new venture teams. Taking advantage of a 10-month entrepreneurship training project, we tested our propositions with a longitudinal sample of 215 participating waged employees. The findings show that skill variety positively influenced participants to form teams for new venturing in the program, and such effect was stronger among passionate individuals. Implications of the findings for human capital theory and entrepreneurial practice are discussed.

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充满激情的“万事通”：热衷于在团队中追求创业？

摘要这项研究测试了创业初期的“万事通”的理论-具有各种技能的个人是否更可能追求企业家精神。我们还调查了企业家的热情是否会增强各种技能的作用，从而使准企业家更热衷于追求启动过程并组建新的风险团队。利用为期10个月的创业培训项目，我们用215名参与薪资的员工的纵向样本测试了我们的提议。研究结果表明，技能多样性对参与者组建新的创业团队产生了积极的影响，而这种热情在热情的个体中更为明显。讨论了研究结果对人力资本理论和创业实践的意义。