Purpose

The purpose of the paper is to establish the need to study the shame-proneness trait of entrepreneurs – what is it and why is it important to study.

Design/methodology/approach

In this conceptual paper, the authors argue that shame-proneness is an important understudied trait of entrepreneurs and put up a case for further research. The authors argue that shame-proneness moderates the effect of social acceptability on opportunity exploitation decisions. The authors also argue that productive entrepreneurship can be promoted and unproductive entrepreneurship can be prevented through policy intervention, and the level of intervention can be determined by knowing the shame-proneness level of entrepreneurs.

Findings

The key argument is the following: an entrepreneur is homo economicus and homo sociologicus, i.e. she is driven both by rational economic value consideration and by the prevalent social norms, which influence opportunity exploitation decisions. Since shame enforces compliance with social norms, it is vital to study entrepreneurs' shame-proneness to understand entrepreneurial founding across different regions. Knowing the level of shame-proneness of entrepreneurs in a given region would help the government devise effective interventions to promote productive entrepreneurship and deter unproductive or destructive entrepreneurship.

Originality/value

This paper is an original creation of the authors.

中文翻译：

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羞耻倾向是社会规范、政策制定和生产性创业之间缺失的环节吗？

目的

本文的目的是确定研究企业家的羞耻倾向特征的必要性——它是什么以及为什么研究很重要。

设计/方法/方法

在这篇概念性论文中，作者认为羞耻倾向是企业家的一个重要的未研究特征，并提出了进一步研究的案例。作者认为，羞耻倾向缓和了社会可接受性对机会利用决策的影响。作者还认为，通过政策干预可以促进生产性创业，防止非生产性创业，干预程度可以通过了解企业家的羞耻倾向水平来确定。

发现

关键论点如下：企业家既是经济人又是社会人，即她受到理性经济价值考虑和影响机会利用决策的普遍社会规范的驱动。由于羞耻感强制遵守社会规范，因此研究企业家的羞耻倾向以了解不同地区的创业创业至关重要。了解特定地区企业家的羞耻程度将有助于政府制定有效的干预措施，以促进生产性创业并阻止非生产性或破坏性的创业。

原创性/价值

本文为作者原创。