Keep Calm and Carry On: Emotion Regulation in Entrepreneurs’ Learning from Failure
基于情感事件理论，研究失败速度（经历失败事件的速率）与创业者学习行为之间的倒U型关系，发现情绪调节能正向调节这一关系，对高情绪调节的创业者，失败速度超过拐点后学习行为更积极。
While failure urges entrepreneurs to learn, it also generates strong emotions that may hinder learning behaviors. Drawing on affective events theory, we develop a model reconciling the countervailing effects of failure. In particular, we focus on failure velocity—rate at which failure events are experienced—to understand entrepreneurs’ learning from failure. Survey data from entrepreneurs in the information technology industry reveals an inverted U–shaped relationship between failure velocity and learning behaviors. Emotion regulation moderates this relationship. When failure velocity rises beyond an inflection point, its relationship with learning behaviors is more positive for entrepreneurs with higher emotion regulation.