HOW MIGHT ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES AFFECT BEHAVIOUR AND EMOTIONS?

Authors

  • Mohammad Heydari Southwest University
  • Zhou Xiaohu Nanjing University of Science and Technology
  • Kin Keung Lai Shaanxi Normal University
  • Zheng Yuxi East China Normal University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18372/2306-1472.87.15722

Keywords:

entrepreneurship, positive emotion, negative emotion, self-efficacy, opportunity, psychological origin

Abstract

It’s essential to comprehend individuals’ comprehension of what occurs in their brains. Given a writing survey of business enterprise brain science and conduct, and a particular featuring of the subarea’s identity, understanding, feeling, mentality, and self, this article exhibits an audit of this present field’s past and current issues points, speculations, and techniques. In the mix with review results from enterprise conduct scientists’ ebb and flow work and sentiments on the exploration boondocks in those angles, this article gives bits of knowledge and proposals to future research headings.

Author Biographies

Mohammad Heydari, Southwest University

Associate Professor. Business College, Southwest University, China

Zhou Xiaohu, Nanjing University of Science and Technology

Professor. School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

Kin Keung Lai, Shaanxi Normal University

Professor. International Business School, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, China

Zheng Yuxi, East China Normal University

PhD student. East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

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27-07-2021

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Heydari, M., Xiaohu, Z. ., Lai, K. K., & Yuxi, Z. . (2021). HOW MIGHT ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES AFFECT BEHAVIOUR AND EMOTIONS?. Proceedings of National Aviation University, 87(2), 65–77. https://doi.org/10.18372/2306-1472.87.15722

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