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What Lies Beneath? The Experiential Essence of Entrepreneurial Thinking

Norris F. Krueger

first began studying entrepreneurial cognition in the 1980s as a protégé of the late Albert Shapero, who encouraged him to identify the teaching and practitioner implications of rigorous research. Dr. Krueger is also immersed in social entrepreneurship, especially technology entrepreneurship and ent

Cognitive developmental psychology and constructivism offer possibilities for the future of entrepreneurial cognition research to explore: (1) deeply seated beliefs and belief structures that ultimately anchor entrepreneurial thinking and (2) how they change as entrepreneurs move toward a more professional, expert mind–set. Such insights aid the field in identifying those developmental experiences that are the sources of those critical deep beliefs intrinsic to our mental models regarding entrepreneurship. As a field, entrepreneurship is lauded for the effectiveness of its teaching, and this essay offers strong theory to explain that our pedagogical best practices reflect important, well–known cognitive phenomena.

DOI

10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00166.x

Volume

31 (1)

Pages

123-138

Language

en

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