Passion as an Antecedent of Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness Behavior: An Integrative Review and Future Research Agenda
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https://doi.org/10.62843/jrsr/2026.5a198Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Passion, Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness, Bricolage, Effectuation, Causation, Dualistic Model of PassionAbstract
Entrepreneurial passion and entrepreneurial resourcefulness represent two important research streams of entrepreneurship. These research streams have largely developed independently. Entrepreneurial passion explains why entrepreneurs persist in their activities despite uncertainty and adversity. Entrepreneurial resourcefulness behavior explains how they creatively use available resources to pursue opportunities under conditions of scarcity. This study will integrate this entrepreneurship literature by examining entrepreneurial passion as an antecedent of entrepreneurial resourcefulness behavior. An integrative review approach was employed to synthesize the existing entrepreneurial literature that links passion and entrepreneurial resourcefulness behavior. A total of 18 relevant studies were identified by following a systematic search of Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. The review reveals that passion serves as an important psychological resource that facilitates entrepreneurial resourcefulness. The findings of this study indicate that passion contributes to resourcefulness behavior primarily through entrepreneurial bricolage, effectuation, and decision-making logics. This review identifies important opportunities for future research, particularly regarding the role of the dualistic model of passion in a variety of entrepreneurial resourcefulness behaviors such as effectuation, causation, bootstrapping, improvisation, and bricolage. This review is one of the first attempts to bring together the literature on entrepreneurial passion and entrepreneurial resourcefulness behavior. Although both concepts have received considerable attention in entrepreneurship research, they have largely been examined separately. This review provides a better understanding of how entrepreneurial passion may contribute to entrepreneurial resourcefulness behavior and related entrepreneurial outcomes by integrating these two different but related streams of literature. In addition, this review also identifies important gaps in the existing literature and proposes directions for future research.
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