Abstract：Drawing upon life history theory, this research developed and tested a theoretical model through the scenario-based experiment and questionnaire survey method to investigate how entrepreneurs’ childhood socioeconomic status, as a distal motivational factor, affect their radical innovation through the proximal mediating motivation of regulatory focus. The results reveal that: ① entrepreneur’s childhood socioeconomic status has a significant negative impact on radical innovation. ② Entrepreneur’s regulatory focus mediates the relationship between childhood socioeconomic status and radical innovation. Entrepreneurs with low childhood socioeconomic status exhibit a higher promotion-focused orientation, thereby positively influence their radical innovation. In contrast, entrepreneurs with high childhood socioeconomic status exhibit a prevention-focused orientation, hindering their radical innovation. ③ Furthermore, entrepreneurs current socioeconomic status moderates the relationship between regulatory focus and radical innovation.
姜诗尧，高雪，贾骏骐，高润丰，杨航. 生命史理论视角下创业者童年社会经济地位对突破式创新的影响研究[J]. 管理学报, 2024, 21(10): 1511-.
JIANG Shiyao，GAO Xue，JIA Junqi，GAO Runfeng，YANG Hang. The Influence of Entrepreneurs Childhood Socioeconomic Status on Radical Innovation: The Perspective of Life History Theory. Chinese Journal of Management, 2024, 21(10): 1511-.
