Science Research Management ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (11): 206-215.

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A research on the influence of entrepreneur’s occupation values and resource bricolage on entrepreneurial performance

Gu Jiajun1,2, Shen Xiaobin2   

  1. 1. Hangzhou College of Commerce,Zheijiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 311508, Zhejiang, China; 
    2. School of Business Administration, Zheijiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2018-07-15 Revised:2018-12-06 Online:2019-11-20 Published:2019-11-25

Abstract: At present, Chinese society is facing an important moment of enterprise transformation and upgrading. Under the impetus of “mass entrepreneurship and innovation”, more and more people are starting to start their own businesses. The entrepreneurial craze has swept across the country and is more popular among young people. The common problem faced by new ventures is the resource problem. The limitation of resources has become an important obstacle to the survival and development of enterprises. However, many enterprises have found their own way to break through the predicament and continue to form competitive advantages and continue to survive and develop rapidly. Many scholars have also carried out a lot of research for this. As the decision-makers and managers of entrepreneurial enterprises, the personal factors of entrepreneurs will undoubtedly have an important impact on the development of enterprises, and even allow them to survive by themselves. Therefore, entrepreneurs have become a hot spot in entrepreneurial research. At present, there are few researches on entrepreneurial performance on entrepreneurial values, and there is a lack of research on how entrepreneurial values affect entrepreneurial performance. Based on the lack of resources of new entrepreneurial enterprises, this study considers the resource behavior perspective from resources to explore the impact of entrepreneurial occupation values on entrepreneurial performance. In order to provide a new reference for the entrepreneurial value layer to influence the development of the enterprise.
First of all, this paper sorts out the relevant literature in the past. According to the previous scholars’ research, the entrepreneur’soccupation values are divided into four dimensions: social responsibility, interest orientation, individual pursuit and self-realization. Social responsibility refers to the social responsibility of entrepreneurs to pay attention to entrepreneurship. Orientation refers to entrepreneurs who are guided by their own interests and hobbies. Personality pursuit refers to the unique characteristics of entrepreneurs who pursue unconstrained qualities. Self-realization refers to entrepreneurs’ entrepreneurship in order to achieve self-worth. In order to explore how entrepreneurs with the driving force of these occupation values influence the sustainable development of enterprises, this paper introduces the resource behavior patchwork behavior of entrepreneurs, with the concept of "entrepreneur’s concept - entrepreneur’s behavior - behavior effect" research mainline, and environmental dynamics to study the role of environmental factors in resource bricolage and entrepreneurial performance.
Based on resource-based theory, high-order theory, and self-value orientation theory, this paper proposes a research model of entrepreneurs’ professional values, resourcebricolage, environmental dynamics, and entrepreneurial performance. For entrepreneurs, a sample survey of 195 data was collected, and SPSS19.0 statistical software was used for empirical analysis. The research shows that the four dimensions of entrepreneurial professional values will have a positive impact on entrepreneurs’ resource patching behavior; Putting together has a significant positive impact on entrepreneurial performance; resource bricolage has a partial mediation between entrepreneurial professional values and entrepreneurial performance; environmental dynamics negatively regulates the positive effect of resource bricolage on entrepreneurial performance, regarding the reasons why environmental dynamics adjustment hypothesis is not established, the comprehensive theory and the actual analysis, we believe that the relationship between environmental dynamics, patchwork and performance is not just the above theoretical relationship, in addition to environmental dynamics, There are factors that have a greater impact on the relationship between patchwork and performance. It is likely that the dynamic environment has intensified the inefficiency of resources and created a “perfect storm” for startups that use resources to piece together, because there are too many challenges. Even though there is intention or attempt to piece together, it is difficult to complete the patchwork..
Through research, it has also gained some inspiration. Entrepreneurs should rethink their original intentions. They should not only blindly pursue their interests. When entrepreneurs encounter bottlenecks, they should clearly define their own entrepreneurial beliefs and motivations. The entrepreneurial attitude to face difficulties, more positive behaviors to support the development of the enterprise, and promote continuous improvement of entrepreneurial performance.For new businesses, the limitations of resources are the primary issues that need to be faced, and resource patchwork encourages entrepreneurial managers to focus on existing resources, act decisively, and exert their creative abilities to look at seemingly ineffective resources. Creative recombination to solve the existing dilemma is a new resource processing perspective for new ventures. Resources have a low requirement for the environment. With the utilization and applicability of resources, these new enterprises will be given. Bring new energy and help them survive. The improvement of entrepreneurial performance is influenced by the concept of "entrepreneur’s professional values - resource patchwork" to behavioral entrepreneurs’ behavior patterns. The concept-behavior-results in organizational behavior is an important behavioral paradigm. The awareness of enabling startups to increase the impact of entrepreneurs on the business provides a path of impact from a resource perspective. In a modern society where environmental changes are increasingly rapid, entrepreneurs must take into account the importance of the industry, economy, politics and other environments in a timely manner when balancing resources. They must balance the impact of the dynamic environment and cannot blindly piece together. Instead of combining the resources of the enterprise itself, the strategy should be adjusted in time to adapt to rapid changes in the environment and help enterprises to develop rapidly. This study has obtained some relevant conclusions, but this study only studies the influence path of entrepreneurs’ professional values on entrepreneurial performance from the perspective of resources, and other mechanisms, such as the research perspective of team behavior affecting entrepreneurial performance, need to be improved. In the future, the research on entrepreneurs’ professional values can be further explored in the development of scales. The exploration of more index systems, the resource patching behavior and the influencing factors of the effect of resource patchwork are still the research directions worth exploring.

Key words: entrepreneur’s occupation values, resource bricolage, entrepreneurial performance