International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal— Dancing between intuition and rationality. Ne

Starts:  Oct 1, 2020 00:00 (ET)
Ends:  Oct 15, 2020 23:59 (ET)
Associated with  Entrepreneurship (ENT)
Special Issue Call for Papers
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
 
Dancing between intuition and rationality.
New perspectives in entrepreneurial decision-making
 
Deadline for full articles15 October 2020
 
Guest editors:
Andrea Caputo, University of Lincoln, acaputo@lincoln.ac.uk
Massimiliano M. Pellegrini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Massimiliano.pellegrini@uniroma2.it
 
At the base of entrepreneurial cognition literature there is the fundamental question of how entrepreneurs think and make effective decisions (Mitchell et al., 2004; Mitchell et al., 2007; Sadler-Smith, 2004; Gibcus et al., 2009; Shepherd, 2015). Traditionally this kind of studies focus on the distinction that exists between intuitive and rational information processing (Sadler-Smith, 2016). As Sadler-Smith (2016) pointed out there are different labels that describe the fundamental "dichotomy in human thinking" (Allinson & Hayes, 1996) such as automatic/controlled (Shiffrin & Schneider, 1977), experiential/rational (Pacini & Epstein, 1999), implicit/explicit (Reber, 1993), intuitive/analytic (Hammond, 1996). More specifically, this mechanism to process information is called "dual process", which distinguishes between the two systems of information processing in the human mind (Chaiken & Trope, 1999). On the one side, there is the non-rational, tacit, and fast system of thought involving the automatic, associative, and selective processing of information (Lieberman, 2000), labelled as System 1 (Kahneman, 2011; Stanovich & West, 2000). On the other side, there is the rational, deliberate and slow system of thought (Hogarth & Karelaia, 2005) involving an effortful and rule-based exhaustive processing of information; this is termed as System 2 (Stanovich and West, 2000; Kahneman, 2011).

From the literature, we know that intuition is likely to ease entrepreneurs' decision-making process, nevertheless also rational thinking is useful to entrepreneurs because it can reduce negative consequences and cognitive biases arising during decision making (Groves et al., 2011; Simon, Houghton, & Aquino, 2000). In line with this argument, Groves et al. (2011) concluded that "[…] in contrast to a popular nonlinear, stereotype of entrepreneurs as being primarily creative, visionary, and intuitive, […] entrepreneurs utilize both nonlinear and linear dimensions in their overall cognitive processes, and employ either a linear or a nonlinear thinking style depending on situational circumstances and the different entrepreneurial and functional needs within an enterprise". (p. 444).

Starting from these theoretical premises, this special issue aims to better understand how the two cognitive processes, intuition and rationality, affect the entrepreneurs' decision making. This topic has been investigated mostly from theoretical point of view and empirical investigatios are now needed.

For these reasons, the special issue welcomes multidisciplinary investigations that are experimental, qualitative or quantitative. We propose (but do not limit) particular topics:
  • How do rationality and intuition influence each other during the entrepreneurial decision-making process?
  • What kind of differences (if any) in the composition of rationality and intuition in the different entrepreneurial stages?
  • What is the role of entrepreneurs' national culture on the different combination of rationality and intuition?
  • What are the main antecedents which influence entrepreneurs' intuition instead rationality and vice versa?
Instructions
Submissions must be original and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Papers that are suitable for publication in the special issue will be double-blind reviewed as per the IEMJ's review process guidelines. The editors will base their final acceptance decisions on relevance for the special issue, technical quality, innovative content, and originality of research approaches and results. More information and guidelines for authors are available at:

If you have any questions about the suitability of the topics or approaches, please contact the guest editors: Andrea Caputo, University of Lincoln, acaputo@lincoln.ac.uk and Massimiliano M. Pellegrini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Massimiliano.pellegrini@uniroma2.it.
 
Important dates
The deadline for submission of full paper is 15 October 2020. Please send your papers directly to both the guest editors.

Papers should be a maximum of 15,000 words in length.

For informal enquiries related to the special issue, proposed topics and potential fit with the special issue objectives, please send a voluntary abstract (250 words) by 30 March 2020 to Andrea Caputo, University of Lincoln, acaputo@lincoln.ac.uk and Massimiliano M. Pellegrini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Massimiliano.pellegrini@uniroma2.it.
 
References
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Chaiken, S. & Trope, Y. (1999). Dual Process Theories in Social Psychology. New York, NY: Guildford Press.
Gibcus, P., Vermeulen, P. A., & De Jong, J. P. (2009). Strategic decision making in small firms: a taxonomy of small business owners. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 7(1), 74.
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Hogarth, R. M., & Karelaia, N. (2005). Simple models for multiattribute choice with many alternatives: When it does and does not pay to face trade-offs with binary attributes. Management Science, 51(12), 1860-1872.
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