Keywords
emerging economies, human capital, learning, organizational behavior, opportunity
Abstract
Although entrepreneurship training programs are designed to help necessity entrepreneurs acquire skills and capabilities to take entrepreneurial action, participants in these programs often fail to do so. In partnership with a local government agency, we conducted a randomized field experiment involving 165 entrepreneurs in rural Tanzania where in addition to providing technical-skills training, approximately half of the participants also received ‘growth mindset’ psychological training. Those who received the growth mindset training displayed more entrepreneurial action in their business than those in the control group. Importantly, higher levels of entrepreneurial self efficacy mediated the positive impact on entrepreneurial action displayed by participants who received the growth mindset training. We discuss how complementing traditional technical-based training with growth mindset training can improve the efficacy of entrepreneurship training programs.
Original Publication Citation
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sej.1472
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Morris, Shad; Carlos, W. Chad; Kistruck, Geoffrey; Lount, Robert; and Thomas, Tumsify Elly, "The Impact of Growth Mindset Training on Entrepreneurial Action Among Necessity Entrepreneurs: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial" (2023). Faculty Publications. 6898.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6898
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2023-06-07
Publisher
Wiley
Language
English
College
Marriott School of Business
Department
Management
Copyright Status
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