“Our findings also have implications for the emerging literature of entrepreneurial emotions and passion (Cardon et al., 2005). Weick (1999) argued that despite the fact that theories that recognize emotions move us and resonate with our day-to-day experiences, emotions have not received significant scholarly attention in the management literature. Cardon et al. (2005) noted that we currently lack a theoretical foundation for the processes by which entrepreneurial passion (a mix of emotions) is generated, maintained and regulated. Our study, which illustrated that specific events during entrepreneurship education inspire and therefore trigger emotion, contributes towards answering the emotion/passion-generation question.”

Al-Laham A., Souitaris V., & Zerbinati S., (2007) Do entrepreneurship programmes raise entrepreneurial intention of science and engineering students? The effect of learning, inspiration and resources. Journal of Business Venturing Volume 22, Issue 4, July 2007, Pages 566-591