Entrepreneurial resilience in the digital era: The role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and passion
基于社会认知理论，研究数字化如何通过创业自我效能间接提升企业家韧性，并发现创业激情调节这一间接效应。基于300位英国中小企业主/经理的数据，表明数字化本身不足以帮助企业家在困境中维持企业。
Although digitalization has garnered a growing body of research, our understanding of when and how the adoption of digital technologies leads to more resilient entrepreneurial outcomes is limited. We draw on social cognitive theory to develop a moderated mediation model in which digital technologies indirectly promote entrepreneurial resilience through self-efficacy. We further propose that entrepreneurial passion serves as a key boundary condition that influences the strength of this indirect effect. Using data obtained from 300 SME owners/managers in the UK, the results suggest that entrepreneurial self-efficacy mediates the digitalization-resilience nexus, while entrepreneurial passion moderates this mediated relationship. We contribute to the entrepreneurship literature by highlighting that digitalization alone is insufficient to help entrepreneurs sustain their ventures in challenging conditions. Our results have significant implications for both practitioners and policymakers.