Résumés
Abstract
While an entrepreneurial career requires some level of optimism and confidence, unfounded optimism and overconfidence can be detrimental to entrepreneurial success. By comparing student and faculty perceptual differences, we assess whether university students are overly optimistic regarding the outcomes they expect from an entrepreneurial career as well as overconfident in their perceptions of barriers to entrepreneurship. Findings suggest that, overall, students are more optimistic but not more confident than faculty. Also, students who are more optimistic and more confident than their faculty, also perceive themselves to be more entrepreneurial and have stronger entrepreneurial intentions than their peers.
Keywords:
- Entrepreneurial intentions,
- optimism,
- overconfidence
Résumé
Si une carrière entrepreneuriale requiert un certain niveau d’optimisme et de confiance, l’excès de ceux-ci peut nuire au succès entrepreneurial. En comparant leurs perceptions à celles de leurs professeurs, nous analysons dans quelle mesure les étudiants sont plus optimistes quant aux bénéfices attendus d’une carrière entrepreneuriale et trop confiants par rapport aux barrières à l’entrepreneuriat. Nos résultats montrent que les étudiants sont plus optimistes, mais pas plus confiants, que leurs professeurs. Finalement, les étudiants plus optimistes et plus confiants ont une disposition et une intention entrepreneuriales plus importante que les autres.
Mots-clés :
- Intention entrepreneuriale,
- optimisme,
- excès de confiance
Resumen
Si una carrera empresarial exige un cierto nivel de optimismo y de confianza, un exceso de optimismo y de confianza puede ser perjudicial para el éxito empresarial. Comparando las percepciones a las de sus profesores, analizaremos en qué medida los estudiantes son más optimistas sobre los beneficios que esperan de una carrera empresarial y demasiado confiados con respecto a las barreras a la actividad empresarial. Nuestros resultados demuestran que los estudiantes son más optimistas, pero no tienen más confianza que sus profesores. Finalmente, los estudiantes más optimistas y con más confianza tienen una disposición empresarial más importantes que los otros.
Palabras clave:
- Intención empresarial,
- optimismo,
- exceso de confianza
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