This research explores the mechanisms that connect entrepreneurial passion (EP) to entrepreneurial behavior. We investigate the mediating impact of growth-oriented intentions on the relationship between EP and behavior. We conducted a two-wave longitudinal survey study and recruited a sample of 235 undergraduate students from a business school in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Our findings indicate EPs for inventing and for founding are significantly related to entrepreneurial behavior and that growth-oriented intentions partially mediate the relationships between passions for founding and for inventing with behavior. We discuss implications of our findings.

这项研究探索了将企业家激情（EP）与企业家行为联系起来的机制。我们调查了以增长为导向的意图对EP和行为之间的关系的中介影响。我们进行了两波纵向调查研究，并从美国中大西洋地区一所商学院招募了235名本科生的样本。我们的研究结果表明，发明创造和创业者的EP与企业家行为显着相关，并且以增长为导向的意图部分地调节了创业和创造激情与行为之间的关系。我们讨论了研究结果的含义。