Learning from entrepreneurial failure : emotions, cognitions, and actions / Dean A. Shepherd [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shepherd, Dean A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entrepreneurship.

Business failures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 331 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Learning from Entrepreneurial Failure provides an important counterweight to the multitude of books that focus on entrepreneurial success. Failure is by far the most common scenario for new ventures and a critical part of the entrepreneurial process is learning from failure and having the motivation to try again. This book examines the various obstacles to learning from failure and explores how they can be overcome. A range of topics are discussed that include why some people have a more negative emotional reaction to failure than others and how these negative emotions can be managed; why some people delay the decision to terminate a poorly performing entrepreneurial venture; anti-failure biases and stigmatism in organizations and society; and the role that the emotional content of narratives plays in the sense-making process. This thought-provoking book will appeal to academic researchers, graduate students and professionals in the fields of entrepreneurship and industrial psychology.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Dedication ; Table of contents ; List of figures ; Acknowledgments ; 1 Introduction ; Reference ; 2 Grief over entrepreneurial failures ; Negative emotional reactions to project failures

Project failure thwarting the need for competence Project failure thwarting the need for autonomy ; Project failure thwarting the need for relatedness ; Motivational consequences of negative emotional reaction to project failures ; Negative emotional reaction to business failures

Entrepreneurial firm failure thwarting the need for competence Entrepreneurial firm failure thwarting the need for autonomy ; Entrepreneurial firm failure thwarting the need for belongingness ; Motivational consequences of a negative emotional reaction to firm failure ; Discussion

Implications for entrepreneurs and managers References ; 3 Self-compassion and learning from failure ; A self-compassion model of learning from failure ; Model overview ; Self-compassion ; Self-kindness ; Common humanity ; Mindfulness ; Self-compassion and learning from failure

Self-compassion and learning from failure through broad perception Self-compassion and learning from failure through a broad array of resources ; Self-compassion, positive emotions, and learning from failure ; Self-compassion and positive emotions

Positive emotions and learning from failure

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Mar 2016).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

1-316-53230-5

1-316-53062-0

1-316-53278-X

1-316-53254-2

1-316-53374-3

1-316-41624-0