Let the games begin: Finding the nascent entrepreneurial mindset of video gamers

Niemand, T.; Scott, S.; Kraus, S.; Oberreiner, R.

Abstract

This study explores nascent ‘entrepreneurial’ cognitive factors within the minds of video gamers. The objective is to theorize how certain gamification activities might be designed to enable the development of entrepreneurial behavior. While studies have begun to posit the range cognitive factors that result in the emergence of entrepreneurial action, more conceptualization work is needed to understand nascent conditions and activities that might foster the entrepreneurial mindset; especially within the gaming design context. This exploratory study uses a sample of 217 self-reported gamers and suggests that individuals who exhibit high levels of entrepreneurial orientation have enhanced opportunity recognition capabilities when the frequency of playing video games is also high. It was also found that shooting games have the highest effect on the development of opportunity recognition. This suggests that certain game activities may be designed to enhance entrepreneurial cognitive development; which has implications for the entrepreneurial intent literature and game-designers.

Citation

Niemand, T., Scott, S., Kraus, S., & Oberreiner, R. (2020, January). Let the games begin: Finding the nascent entrepreneurial mindset of video gamers. Presented at 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, USA

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
• Start Date: Jan 7, 2020
• End Date: Jan 10, 2020
• Acceptance Date: Sep 11, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Jan 7, 2020
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2020
• Deposit Date: Sep 22, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 21, 2020
• Pages: 4735-4744
• Series Title: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
• Book Title: Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2020.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1142033
• Publisher URL: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/