Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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An Exploratory Study on the Business Failure Recovery Factors of Serial Entrepreneurs: Focusing on Small Business

연속 기업가의 사업 실패 회복요인에 관한 탐색적 연구: 소상공인을 중심으로

  • Lee, Kyung Suk (Dept. of Technology Entrepreneurship, Graduate school in Dongguk University) ;
  • Park, Joo Yeon (Dept. College of Art, Business, Law and Social Sciences, Murdoch University) ;
  • Sung, Chang Soo (Dept. of Technology Entrepreneurship, Graduate school in Dongguk University)
  • 이경석 (동국대학교 기술창업학과) ;
  • 박주연 (머독대학교 경영대학) ;
  • 성창수 (동국대학교 기술창업학과)
  • Received : 2021.11.10
  • Accepted : 2021.12.23
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

Recently, as social distancing have been raised due to the re-spread of COVID-19, the number of serial entrepreneurs who are closing their business is rapidly increasing. Learning from failure is a source of success, but business failure can result in psychological and economic losses and negative emotions of the serial entrepreneur. At this point, it is very important to find a way to recover the negative emotions caused by business failures of serial entrepreneurs. Recently, a strategic model has emerged to deal with the negative emotions of grief caused by business failures of serial entrepreneurs. This study identified the recovery factors from the grief of business failures of serial entrepreneurs and analyzed Shepherd's(2003) three areas: loss orientation, restoration orientation, and dual process. To this end, individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 12 small business serial entrepreneurs who challenged re-startup to identify the attributes of recovery factors that were not identified with quantitative data. As a result of the study, first, recovery factors were investigated in three areas: individual orientation, family orientation, and network orientation. It was found to help improve recovery in nine categories: self-esteem, persistence, personal competence, hobbies, self-confidence, family support, networks, religion, and social support. Second, recovery obstacle factors were investigated in three areas: psychological, economic, and environmental factors. Nine categories including family, health, social network, business partner, competitor, partner, fund, external environment, and government policy were found to persist negative emotions. Third, the emotional processing process for grief was investigated in three areas: loss orientation, restoration orientation, and dual process. Ten categories such as family, partner support, social member support, government support, hobbies, networks, change of business field, moving, third-party perspective, and meditation were confirmed to enhance rapid recovery in the emotional processing process for grief. The implications of this study are as follows. The process of recovering from the grief caused by business failures of serial entrepreneurs was attempted by a qualitative study. By extending the theory of Shepherd(2003), This study can be applied to help with recovery research. In addition, conceptual models and propositions for future empirical research were presented, which can be discussed in carious academic ways.

최근 코로나19의 대유행과 재확산에 따른 사회적 거리두기 조치가 강화되고 있다. 이에 영업시간 제한 등 특히 자영업의 급격한 매출 감소로 폐업으로 내몰린 연속 기업가들이 급증하고 있다. 실패에서 배우는 것은 성공의 과정으로 설명할 수 있지만, 사업 실패는 연속 기업가의 심리적, 경제적 손실의 발생과 함께 부정적 감정으로 표출될 수 있다. 이러한 시점에서 연속 기업가들의 사업실패에 따른 부정적 감정의 회복방안을 모색하는 것은 매우 중요한 문제이다. 최근 창업학 관점에서 연속 기업가들의 사업 실패로 인한 슬픔의 부정적 감정을 처리하는 전략적 모델이 부각되고 있다. 본 연구는 연속 기업가의 사업 실패에 대한 슬픔에서 회복요인을 규명하기 위해, Shepherd(2003)의 상실 지향성, 복원 지향성, 이중적 프로세스의 3개 영역으로 설명하였다. 이를 위해 재창업에 도전한 소상공인 연속 기업가 12명을 대상으로 개별 심층 인터뷰를 진행하여 양적 데이터로 규명되지 않는 회복요인에 대한 속성들을 파악하였다. 연구 결과, 첫째, 회복요인은 개인 지향성, 가족 지향성, 네트워크 지향성 3개 영역으로 나타났다. 자존감, 끈기, 개인 역량, 취미, 자신감, 가족 지지, 네트워크, 종교, 사회적 지원 등 9개의 범주에서 회복 향상에 도움이 되는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 회복장애요인은 심리적, 경제적, 환경적 요인의 3개 영역으로 나타났다. 가족, 건강, 사회적 네트워크, 동업자, 경쟁자, 협력업체, 자금, 외부환경, 정부 정책 등 9개 범주에서 부정적인 감정을 지속하게 하는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 슬픔에 대한 감정처리 과정은 상실 지향성, 복원 지향성, 이중적 프로세스의 3개 영역으로 확인하였다. 가족, 협력업체 지원, 사회 구성원 지지, 정부 지원, 취미, 네트워크, 업종 변경, 이사, 제3자 시각, 심리학 공부 등 10개의 범주는 슬픔에 대한 감정 처리 과정에서 회복을 강화하는 것을 확인하였다. 연구의 시사점은 다음과 같다. 연속 기업가들의 사업 실패에 따른 슬픔에서 회복하는 과정을 질적 연구로 시도하였다. 특히, Shepherd(2003)의 이론을 적용하여 회복 연구에 도움이 될 수 있는 기초 자료와 향후 실증 연구를 위한 개념적 모델 및 명제를 제시하였으며 이는 향후 학술적으로 다양하게 논의하고 확장할 수 있다.

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