Abstract

Given the challenges of new ventures to attract applicants, this paper focuses on the influence of applicants’ perceptions of entrepreneurs for new venture recruitment. Based on role congruity theory, we propose that organizational attractiveness increases when entrepreneurs show entrepreneurial leadership, which fits the new venture context, and that this effect is mediated by perceived authenticity. Moreover, we propose this effect is particularly pertinent when entrepreneurs are young and male and thus fit the prevailing demographic stereotype of entrepreneurs. In our experiment (n = 503), we found the positive effect of showing entrepreneurial leadership on organizational attractiveness via authenticity perceptions, and this effect was stronger if the entrepreneur was young – the entrepreneur’s gender did not moderate the relationship. We discuss the implications of our study for research and practice in recruitment and entrepreneurship.

摘要

鉴于新企业吸引申请人的挑战，本文着重探讨了申请人对企业家的看法对新企业招聘的影响。基于角色一致性理论，我们建议当企业家表现出与新的创业环境相适应的企业家领导力时，组织吸引力会增加，并且这种影响是由感知的真实性介导的。此外，我们认为，这种影响在企业家年轻和男性时特别相关，因此适合于目前流行的企业家人口定型观念。在我们的实验（ñ = 503），我们发现通过真实性感知来展示企业家领导能力对组织吸引力的积极影响，如果企业家年轻，这种影响会更强-企业家的性别不会调节这种关系。我们讨论了研究对招聘和企业家精神的研究和实践的意义。