Exploring the Mediating Role of Grit in the Relationship between Individual Entrepreneurial Orientation and Entrepreneurial Resilience

This research explores the psychological mechanisms by which individual entrepreneurial orientation fosters entrepreneurial resilience, emphasizing the mediating role of grit in this relationship. Anchored in the behavioral perspective of entrepreneurship, this study investigates how the dimensions of individual entrepreneurial orientation, specifically risk-taking, proactiveness, and innovativeness, each affect entrepreneurial resilience. This study draws on data collected from a sample of 126 final-year students and employs Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to investigate the hypothesized relationships. The findings suggest that grit amplifies the influence of risk-taking and proactiveness on entrepreneurial resilience, whereas innovativeness does not exhibit a significant effect in this regard. By identifying grit as a partial mediator, this research provides novel insights into the psychological processes underpinning resilience in entrepreneurship. It further underscores the value of incorporating both behavioral and psychological traits to advance understanding of entrepreneurial resilience. Ultimately, the research findings emphasize the significance of psychological dispositions, with a particular focus on perseverance of effort, in influencing adaptive entrepreneurial behavior.