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

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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The Effect of Mentoring Function on Management Performance of Start-up Companies: Focusing on Entrepreneurial Alertness

창업멘토링 기능이 창업기업의 경영성과에 미치는 영향: 기업가적 기민성을 중심으로

  • Lee Jeong Ha (Department of Advanced Industry Fusion, Konkuk University) ;
  • Lee Dong Myung (Department of Advanced Industry Fusion, Konkuk University)
  • 이정하 (건국대학교 신산업융합학과) ;
  • 이동명 (건국대학교 신산업융합학과)
  • Received : 2023.09.12
  • Accepted : 2023.10.26
  • Published : 2023.10.31
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Abstract

The start-up rate is increasing due to the government's start-up support policy, but it is true that the continuous survival rate and growth rate of companies are lower than that of the start-up rate. As part of increasing the survival and growth rate of startups, the importance of start-up mentoring has been highlighted, and companies selected for the Government's startup support project are increasingly having mentoring opportunities for corporate growth. In order to determine the relationship between start-up mentoring and entrepreneurial alertness as a way to generate management performance, this study examined how start-up mentoring affects entrepreneurial alertness and management performance. In addition, the government's support project was divided into companies with less than three years of start-up and companies with more than three years of experience, which are the criteria for early and leap companies, and analyzed whether each group has a moderating effect. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the mentoring problem-solving function had a significant effect on the ability to evaluate entrepreneurial alertness, and the motivation function of mentoring had a significant effect on all factors of entrepreneurial alertness. In addition, although mentoring functions did not have a moderating effect on entrepreneurial alertness depending on the work history between companies less than 3 years and companies for more than 3 years, there was a difference in factors affecting entrepreneurial alertness between groups with low and high work history. The implications of this study can contribute to the advancement of start-up mentoring programs by studying the impact of mentoring factors on entrepreneurial alertness when providing mentoring to start-up companies selected for the government's start-up support project.

정부의 창업지원 정책으로 창업률은 높아지고 있으나 기업의 지속적인 생존률 및 성장률은 창업률에 비해 현격이 낮은 것이 사실이다. 스타트업의 생존률과 성장률을 높이기 위한 일환으로 창업멘토링의 중요성이 부각되었으며 창원지원사업에 선정된 기업들은 스타트업이 회사를 운영함에 있어 다양한 어려움에 직면하고 있어 창업멘토의 멘토링을 통해 스타트업의 어려움을 극복하는데 도움을 받을 수 있는 창업멘토링 기회가 많아지고 있다. 본 연구는 창업기업의 경영성과를 창출하기 위한 방법으로 창업멘토링과 창업기업의 기업가적 기민성에 대한 요인이 어떠한 영향 관계에 있는지를 규명하기위해 정부지원사업에 선정되어 창업멘토링을 받은 기업을 대상으로 설문을 진행하였고 창업멘토링이 기업가적 기민성에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지, 기업가적 기민성은 경영성과에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 요인별로 실증 분석하였다. 더불어 정부지원사업에 있어서 초기기업과 도약기업의 기준이 되는 창업 3년미만 기업과 3년이상 기업으로 나누어 각 그룹별로 멘토링 기능과 기업가적 기민성 간 업력에 따른 조절효과가 있는지를 분석하였다. 분석결과 멘토링 문제해결 기능이 기업가적 기민성 평가능력에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고, 멘토링의 동기부여 기능이 기업가적 기민성의 모든 요인에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 기업간 업력에 따라 멘토링 기능이 기업가적 기민성에 조절효과가 일부에서 나타났다.

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