Causation and effectuation processes: A validation study

被引：467

作者：

Chandler, Gaylen N. ^{[1
]}

DeTienne, Dawn R. ^{[2
]}

McKelvie, Alexander ^{[3
]}

Mumford, Troy V. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Wichita State Univ, Wichita, KS 67270 USA

[2] Colorado State Univ, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA

[3] Syracuse Univ, Whitman Sch Management, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF BUSINESS VENTURING | 2011年 / 26卷 / 03期

关键词：

Causation; Effectuation; Measurement validation; EXPLORATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS; FORMATIVE INDICATORS; SAMPLE-SIZE; PERFORMANCE; MODELS; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; COMPONENTS; VALIDITY; ISSUE; TIME;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.10.006

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We develop and validate measures of causation and effectuation approaches to new venture creation and test our measures with two samples of entrepreneurs in young firms. Our measure of causation is a well-defined and coherent uni-dimensional construct. We propose that effectuation is a formative, multidimensional construct with three associated sub-dimensions (experimentation, affordable loss, and flexibility) and one dimension shared with the causation construct (pre-commitments). As specified by Sarasvathy (2001), we also show that causation is negatively associated with uncertainty, while experimentation, a sub-dimension of effectuation, is positively correlated with uncertainty. The major contribution is the resulting validated scales that measure causation and effectuation. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：375 / 390

页数：16

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