Abstract
Amidst predominant focus on positive traits for entrepreneurship, this paper explores how disorders such as ADHD influence the decision to engage in entrepreneurial action and the success of entrepreneurial action. Based on a multiple case study of fourteen entrepreneurs previously diagnosed with ADHD, our inductive model highlights impulsivity as a major driver of entrepreneurial action and hyperfocus as a major catalyst for its consequences, both positive and negative. By drawing attention to the positive implications of symptoms commonly seen as negative, the paper opens several major avenues for future theoretical development and empirical research.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 14-20 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Business Venturing Insights |
Volume | 6 |
Early online date | 28 Jul 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2016 |
Keywords
- Sustainability
- Case studies
- Entrepreneurship
- Mental disorder
- Performance
- Theory development
- ADHD
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Dimo Dimov
- Management - Professor
- Strategy & Organisation
- Centre for Business, Organisations and Society (CBOS)
- Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Bath
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security
- IAAPS
- Centre for Future of Work
- Innovation Bridge
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff, Affiliate staff