The influence of anticipated regret on business start-up behaviour
基于后悔调节理论和两轮调查数据，研究发现预期后悔这种负面情绪会推动潜在创业者采取实际行动，从而促进从潜在创业者向新生创业者的转变。
This research note aims to develop the emotional underpinning of early-stage entrepreneurship by examining the influence of anticipated regret, a negative emotion, on the transformation of latent entrepreneurs into nascent entrepreneurs. Drawing on regret regulation theory and two waves of survey data, the analysis demonstrates that anticipated regret manifests as a, feeling for doing, by pushing latent entrepreneurs towards engaging in business start-up behaviour. We conclude that negative emotions exert an important influence on behavioural regulation in early-stage entrepreneurship, fostering the transition from latent to nascent entrepreneurship.