We consider the influence of inter- and intra-individual team dynamics on entrepreneurial passion change and the relevance of passion change to important outcomes. Drawing on person-environment fit theory, we hypothesize first, that in newly formed teams, the entrepreneurial passion levels of individuals are impacted by their peers' passion (the average passion of their teammates). Second, we expect that individuals' trajectories of passion change are influenced by their perception of fit with the team. Third, passion levels and trajectories are expected to impact entrepreneurial outcomes for both individuals and teams. To examine these temporal dynamics, our hypotheses are tested with data from an accelerator program involving 343 team members nested in 79 newly formed teams. The findings reveal that in new teams, individuals' passion for inventing, founding, and developing are positively (negatively) influenced when teammates have higher (lower) passion for these roles and the association between individual's passion and peers' aggregated passion becomes stronger over time. Over time, positive passion trajectories emerge when an individual perceives higher fit with their team, and entrepreneurial intent is predicted by both (a) end-state levels of individual passion and (b) passion trajectories for inventing and founding (but not developing). Finally, we find that team passion trajectories predict team performance. Implications of these multi-level findings are discussed.

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同伴对个人和团队的热情水平、热情轨迹和结果的影响


我们考虑个人间和个人内部团队动态对创业激情变化的影响以及激情变化与重要成果的相关性。借鉴人与环境契合理论，我们首先假设，在新组建的团队中，个人的创业热情水平受到同事热情（队友的平均热情）的影响。其次，我们预计个人的热情变化轨迹会受到他们与团队的契合度的影响。第三，热情水平和轨迹预计会影响个人和团队的创业成果。为了检验这些时间动态，我们使用来自加速器项目的数据来测试我们的假设，该项目涉及 79 个新组建的团队中的 343 名团队成员。研究结果表明，在新团队中，当队友对这些角色的热情较高（较低）时，个人对发明、创立和发展的热情会受到积极（消极）影响，并且随着时间的推移，个人热情与同事总体热情之间的联系会变得更强。随着时间的推移，当个人认为与团队更加契合时，就会出现积极的激情轨迹，并且创业意图是通过（a）个人激情的最终状态水平和（b）发明和创立（但不是发展）的激情轨迹来预测的。最后，我们发现团队激情轨迹可以预测团队绩效。讨论了这些多层次研究结果的含义。