Influence of Affective Traits on Entrepreneur's Goals and Satisfaction
研究了335名西班牙创业者的情感特质如何影响其目标设定和满意度，发现积极情感导致更宏大目标，消极情感导致目标狭窄，且情感与满意度正负相关。
Emotions are important to an individual's behavior. However, affective elements have rarely been included in the analysis of entrepreneurs' behavior. Using a sample of 335 entrepreneurs from multiple industries of the Spanish region of Castile and León, we analyze the role of emotions in entrepreneurs' statement of goals and in their satisfaction with business performance. The results show that positive affective traits influence an entrepreneur to state broad and ambitious goals, and personal negative affective traits influence an entrepreneur to state a narrow set of goals. We also find that positive (negative) affective traits are positively (negatively) related to entrepreneur satisfaction.