Research On The Relationship Between Team Prior Experience And Entrepreneurial Performance:Mediating Role Of Entrepreneurial Identity

Obtaining entrepreneurial identity is an important indicator of the maturity of start-ups and one of the important factors influencing entrepreneurial performance.At the same time,the process of obtaining entrepreneurial identity is influenced by the prior experience of the entrepreneurial team.The research on entrepreneurial identity has attracted the attention of scholars.The obtainment of entrepreneurial identity from social and related stakeholders by start-ups is of great significance for improving the entrepreneurial performance and subsequent development of start-ups.Under the guidance of entrepreneurial environment and entrepreneurial policies,the entrepreneurial practice boom has been set off.However,new ventures generally face problems such as insufficient resources and low survival rate.Obtaining entrepreneurial identity can provide guiding opinions on the entrepreneurial practice process of new ventures.This paper constructs a theoretical model of the impact of prior experience of the entrepreneurial team on entrepreneurial identity and entrepreneurial performance,and introduces the entrepreneurial environment as a regulatory variable for analysis.Using 202 survey data for empirical analysis,the study found that the team's prior work experience as a basic preparation before the start of the business,can provide management,technology and industry support,the team's prior entrepreneurial experience can bring resources to the entrepreneurial team and advantages in strategic decision-making,and it have a significant positive impact on entrepreneurial identity and entrepreneurial performance.At the same time,the dynamics and complexity of the entrepreneurial environment can enhance the positive role of the team's prior entrepreneurial experience.The looseness of the entrepreneurial environment willweaken the positive effect of the team's prior entrepreneurial experience;the looseness and complexity of the entrepreneurial environment can enhance the team's positive effect in prior work experience,the dynamic of the entrepreneurial environment can reduce the team's positive effect in prior work experience.And entrepreneurial identity plays a mediating role between the entrepreneurial team's prior experience and entrepreneurial performance.The research in this paper shows that entrepreneurial teams need to accumulate certain work experience before starting a business,and improve their entrepreneurial experience through small-scale entrepreneurial projects or simulated entrepreneurship,while observing and adapting to changes in the entrepreneurial environment during the entrepreneurial process,which can help enterprises better get entrepreneurial identity and improve entrepreneurial performance.