Entreprendre & Innover—Getting to the heart of the matter: The place and status of emotions in the t

When:  Nov 15, 2022 from 09:00 to 23:59 (CET)
Associated with  Entrepreneurship (ENT)
Getting to the heart of the matter: The place and status of emotions in the training and coaching of the entrepreneur

Guest Editors: Maha Aly, David Audretsch, Laëtitia Gabay-Mariani & Sandrine Le

Pontois
The role of emotions in entrepreneurship research has generated significant interest over the past twenty years. Designated as a 'hot topic' in the early 2010s, 'entrepreneurial emotions' have since been at the heart of a growing body of work. Entreprendre & Innover devoted a special issue to it in 2016, soberly entitled L'agir entrepreneurial entre émotions et raison (Entrepreneurial action, between emotions and reason).

These contributions highlighted the range of emotions - positive, negative and ambivalent - that
entrepreneurs may experience throughout their journey. By becoming entrepreneurs, they encounter intense levels of enthusiasm, pride, joy, passion, but also disappointment, fear, anxiety and sadness.

Research on the subject has also revealed the importance of emotions in the decision to become an entrepreneur, in the efforts made by the entrepreneur to develop his or her project or even during significant events in the entrepreneurial trajectory (failure, stressors, etc.).

Throughout the entrepreneurial process, they feed the propensity to commit to action, to face failures, to bounce back, and sometimes to grieve for the project.

Finally, a high degree of 'emotional intelligence' is seen as a success factor , enabling entrepreneurs to cope with the uncertainty and intensity of the entrepreneurial process. Self-awareness, selfconfidence (perceived self-efficacy), emotional management, empathy and social intelligence are thus considered to be key skills for successful entrepreneurs.

While these studies provide information on the emotional challenges that face all new entrepreneurs, few have explored how entrepreneurial coaching can help them to cope. Indeed, it seems that entrepreneurship educational practices are still more focused on what the entrepreneur does and thinks, and less on how he or she feels. Current pedagogies and training continue to focus on developing a business plan or solving case studies and acquiring analytical skills, such as information gathering or problem solving. And although entrepreneurship training nowadays is more targeted towards developing entrepreneurial behavior and spirit, thanks to more action-based pedagogies, it still neglects the emotional prerequisites that these trajectories imply. Finally, mentors and coaches are not always properly equipped to identify, interact with and manage the emotions of entrepreneurs.

The aim of this special issue is to investigate the status and place of emotions in the training and
coaching of entrepreneurs. It thus offers a platform to reflect on what it means to develop emotional competences and how this requirement can be translated into pedagogical practices.

More specifically, contributions may shed light on the following questions:
▪ If it has been shown that the entrepreneurial project is a strong generator of emotions, are there really 'entrepreneurial emotions', i.e. specific to the entrepreneurial project, even though emotions are universal?
▪ Are emotions taken into account in entrepreneurship education and support programmes?
▪ How can the 'emotional skills' of nascent entrepreneurs be developed? How to assess their acquisition ?
▪ What teaching approaches, postures and formats support the development of the emotional intelligence of entrepreneurs?
▪ How to identify and measure the effectiveness of the impact of these practices on entrepreneurs?
▪ How to train and equip coaches to deal with the emotions manifested by entrepreneurs?
▪ How can we support entrepreneurs to deal with failure? with uncertainty?
▪ What risk behaviors can the emotions engendered by the entrepreneurial project lead to?
▪  To what extent is a lack of emotional skills a handicap for entrepreneurship (e.g. in the case of
autism spectrum disorders)? How can weak emotional skills be compensated for as an entrepreneur or as a coach?

Contact
Laëtitia Gabay-Mariani (laetitia.gabay-mariani@essca.fr) & Sandrine Le Pontois (sandrine.lepontois@univ-st-etienne.fr)

Key dates to remember
15 November 2022 - Call deadline
End of January 2023 - Decision letters (first round)
End of May 2023 - Decision letters (second round)
September 2023 - Publication

Editorial line
Entreprendre et Innover is a high-level vulgarisation journal in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation published by DeBoeck University. Its ambition is to make original, scientifically sound or innovative articles available to a readership of executives, entrepreneurs, professionals in business creation networks and business leaders. The journal is open to ALL disciplines and to ALL points of view interested in entrepreneurship and innovation.

As this review is primarily aimed at practitioners, we are careful to ensure that the contributions are concerned with practical applications, business implications and/or policy recommendations. With this in mind, contributions should:
- have a section making explicit reference to these concerns: the reader should always be able to say at the end of the reading: so, what? how does this article help me to act on or to improve my future actions?
- adopt more concrete and operational language than is customary in academic journals: theory should not be absent but popularised, i.e. translated into simple terms. Abstract concepts should be made explicit and/or illustrated with practical examples.
- not accumulate scientific references: The aim is to select a few reference authors useful for understanding the subject, not to show the completeness of the academic literature on the subject. Scientific references should be cited exclusively through footnotes.

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