Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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Meditating effect of Planned Happenstance Skills between the Belief in Good luck and Entrepreneurial Opportunity

행운에 대한 신념과 창업 기회 역량과의 관계에서 우연기술의 매개효과에 관한 연구

  • Hwangbo, Yun (Graduate School of Management of Technology, Korea University) ;
  • Kim, YoungJun (Graduate School of Management of Technology, Korea University) ;
  • Kim, Hong-Tae (Graduate School of Management of Technology, Korea University)
  • 황보윤 (고려대학교 기술경영전문대학원) ;
  • 김영준 (고려대학교 기술경영전문대학원) ;
  • 김홍태 (고려대학교 기술경영전문대학원)
  • Received : 2019.09.10
  • Accepted : 2019.10.26
  • Published : 2019.10.31
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Abstract

When asked about the success factors of successful entrepreneurs and celebrities, he says he was lucky. The remarkable fact is that the attitude about luck is different. However, despite the fact that the belief that we believe is lucky is actually a dominant concept, there has not been much scientific verification of luck. In this study, we saw good luck not being determined randomly by the external environment, but by being able to control luck through the internal attributes of individuals. This study is significant that we have empirically elucidated what kind of efforts have gained good luck, whereas previous research has largely ended in vague logic where luck ends up with an internal locus of control among internal entrepreneurial qualities and efforts can make a successful entrepreneur. We introduced the concept of good luck belief to avoid confirmation bias, which is, to interpret my experience in a direction that matches what I want to believe, and used a good luck belief questionnaire in previous studies and tried to verify that those who have a good belief can increase entrepreneurial opportunity capability through planned happenstance skills. The reason for choosing the entrepreneurial opportunity capacity as a dependent variable was based on the conventional research, that is, the process of recognizing and exploiting the entrepreneurial opportunity is an important part of the entrepreneurship research For empirical research, we conducted a questionnaire survey of a total of 332 people, and the results of the analysis turned out that the belief of good luck has all the positive impacts of planned happenstance skills' sub-factors: curiosity, patience, flexibility, optimism and risk tolerance. Second, we have shown that only the perseverance, optimism, and risk tolerance of planned happenstance skills' sub-factors have a positive impact on this opportunity capability. Thirdly, it was possible to judge that the sub-factors of planned happenstance skills, patience, optimism, and risk tolerance, had a meditating effect between belief in luck and entrepreneurial opportunity capability. This study is highly significant in logically elucidating that people in charge of business incubation and education can get the specific direction when planning a training program for successful entrepreneur to further enhance the entrepreneurial opportunity ability, which is an important ability for the entrepreneur's success.

성공한 창업가들이나 저명인사들에게 성공의 요인을 물어보면 운이 좋았다고 이야기를 한다. 주목해야할 사실은 운이 좋았다고 말하지만 운과 관련된 태도가 다르다는 것이다. 하지만 운이 좋다고 생각하는 신념은 현실적으로 지배적인 개념임에도 불구하고 그동안 행운에 대한 과학적 검증이 많지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 행운은 외부 환경에 의해서 무작위로 정해지는 것이 아니라 개인의 내적 속성으로 운을 통제 할 수 있다는 것으로 보았다. 본 연구의 차별성은 선행연구들이 주로 행운을 기업가적 자질 유형 중 내적 통제 위치(Internal Locus of Control)로 그치고 노력에 의해 창업 성공을 거둘 수 있다는 막연한 논리에 머문 것에 비하여 본 연구는 어떠한 노력이 행운을 가져오는 지를 실증적으로 규명하였다는 데에 그 의의가 있다. 운이 좋다는 것에 대해서는 자신이 믿고 싶은 것과 일치하는 방향으로 자신의 경험을 해석하는 확증편향을 오류를 회피하기 위하여 행운에 대한 신념의 개념을 도입하였고 선행 연구의 행운에 대한 신념 질문지를 사용하여, 행운에 대한 신념이 있는 사람은 우연기술을 매개로 하여 기회역량을 높일 수 있다는 것을 검증하고자 하였다. 종속 변수로 기회역량을 설정한 이유는 기회를 인식하고 활용하는 과정이야 말로 창업 연구에서 핵심적인 부분이라는 기존 연구에 기반을 두었다. 실증연구를 위하여 총 332명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였고 분석결과 첫째, 행운의 신념은 우연기술의 하위요인인 호기심, 인내성, 유연성, 낙관성, 위험감수 모두에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 우연기술의 하위요인 중 인내성, 낙관성, 위험감수만이 기회역량에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것을 나타났다. 셋째, 우연기술의 하위요인인 인내성, 낙관성, 위험감수는 행운신념과 기회역량의 관계에서 매개효과가 있다고 판단할 수 있었다. 본 연구는 창업자들의 성공을 위해서 핵심 역량인 창업 기회 역량을 더 높이기 위해서는 행운에 대한 높은 신념을 가지고 우연 기술 중 인내성과 낙관성, 위험감수 성향을 높이도록 하는 것이 필요하다는 것을 실증적이며 논리적으로 규명함으로써 창업 보육 및 교육 담당자들에게 성공적인 창업자들을 선발 또는 훈련 프로그램을 기획함에 있어서 구체적인 방향성을 제시한다는 점에서 그 시사하는 바가 크다고 할 수 있겠다.

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