Purpose

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of mentor expectations on nascent entrepreneur’s venture creation and how this relationship strengthens/weakens when mediated by the sense of nothing to lose and entrepreneurial resilience.

Design/methodology/approach

The author nested the data from mentors and protégé entrepreneurs by using a questionnaire survey. Mentors were those individuals who were established entrepreneurs and involved in training to protégé entrepreneurs. Protégé entrepreneurs were those who were part of the cohorts in incubation centers for training and startup training.

Findings

Data revealed that it was unlikely to create a new venture when mentors displayed low expectations in protégé entrepreneurs. However, this relationship was positively mediated by the sense of nothing to lose and entrepreneurial resilience.

Practical implications

The findings have important implications on how mentor expectations can hinder protégé entrepreneurs’ venture creation and how it turns around when entrepreneurs display the ability of nothing to lose and resilience.

Originality/value

Mentorship from other experienced individuals has become essential to entrepreneurs and their fledgling ventures. Although there is an acknowledgment that mentoring improves an entrepreneur’s likelihood of success in a new venture, yet far too little the authors know about the degree of expectations in mentor-mentee relationships and new venture creation. This research connects those pieces of the puzzle and fills the gap.

中文翻译：

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导师期望与创业创投：一无所有感与创业韧性的中介作用

目的

本研究的目的是调查导师期望对新生企业家的风险创造的影响，以及这种关系在没有什么可以失去的感觉和创业韧性的作用下如何加强/削弱。

设计/方法/途径

作者采用问卷调查的方式，对导师和门生创业者的数据进行嵌套。导师是那些已经成为企业家并参与培训门生企业家的人。Protégé entrepreneurs 是那些在孵化中心接受培训和创业培训的人。

发现

数据显示，如果导师对门徒企业家的期望值较低，则不太可能创建新企业。然而，这种关系受到一无所有的感觉和创业韧性的积极调节。

实际影响

这些发现对指导者的期望如何阻碍门生企业家的创业以及当企业家表现出不怕失去的能力和韧性时如何扭转局面具有重要意义。

原创性/价值

来自其他有经验的人的指导对于企业家和他们刚刚起步的企业来说已经变得至关重要。尽管人们承认指导可以提高企业家在新企业中取得成功的可能性，但作者对导师-受训者关系和新企业创建的期望程度知之甚少。这项研究将这些难题联系起来并填补了空白。