Table 3.
Descriptive statistics and correlations between the composite scores.
| Factors | Mean | SD |
Opportunity
recognition |
Opportunity assessment | Conveying a compelling vision |
Tenacity/
perseverance |
Creative problem-solving/ Imaginativeness | Value creation through innovation (Challenge status quo) | Value creation through innovation (Observing customer usage) | Self-efficacy | Building and using networks (Maintain contacts) | Building and using networks (Participate in community events) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearson's correlations between composite scores | ||||||||||||
| Opportunity recognition | 4.0567 | 0.71590 | (1) | 0.462** | 0.481** | 0.476** | 0.625** | 0.422** | 0.492** | −0.173* | 0.306** | 0.144 |
| Opportunity assessment | 4.2591 | 0.78245 | 0.462** | (1) | 0.506** | 0.524** | 0.541** | 0.410** | 0.472** | −0.292** | 0.349** | 0.176* |
| Conveying a compelling vision | 4.5228 | 0.58725 | 0.481** | 0.506** | (1) | 0.457** | 0.564** | 0.379** | 0.439** | −0.221** | 0.354** | 0.124 |
| Tenacity/perseverance | 4.1849 | 0.70350 | 0.467** | 0.524** | 0.457** | (1) | 0.564** | 0.416** | 0.538** | −0.352** | 0.234** | 0.124 |
| Creative problem-solving/Imaginativeness | 4.3205 | 0.67738 | 0.625** | 0.541** | 0.564** | 0.564** | (1) | 0.465** | 0.668** | −0.383** | 0.341** | 0.175* |
| Value creation through innovation (Challenge status quo) | 4.3333 | 0.55520 | 0.422** | 0.410** | 0.379** | 0.416** | 0.465** | (1) | 0.537** | −0.166* | 0.272** | 0.135 |
| Value creation through innovation (Observing customer usage) | 4.0374 | 0.67894 | 0.492** | 0.472** | 0.439** | 0.538** | 0.668** | 0.537** | (1) | −0.244** | 0.263** | 0.182* |
| Self-efficacy | 3.1301 | 1.26115 | −0.108 | −0.292** | −0.221* | −0.352** | −0.383** | −0.166* | –.244** | (1) | −0.247** | −0.096 |
| Building and using networks (Maintain contacts) | 3.2660 | 1.11012 | 0.144** | 0.349** | 0.354** | 0.234** | 0.341** | 0.272** | 0.263** | −0.247** | (1) | 0.532** |
| Building and using networks (Participate in community events) | 2.9801 | 1.10756 | −0.173* | 0.176* | 0.124 | 0.124 | 0.175** | 0.135 | 0.182* | −0.096 | 0.532** | (1) |
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).
Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).
Cronbach's alpha values are given in brackets.