Business School

Professor Melissa Cardon

Professor of Entrepreneurship
School of Business
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Publications

Books (2)
Book Chapters (7)
Journal Articles (44)
Conference Paper (1)

Books

Gielnik, Michael M., Cardon, Melissa S. and Frese, Michael (2020). The psychology of entrepreneurship: new perspectives. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003137573
Cardon, Melissa S. and Murnieks, Charles Y. (2020). The profits and perils of passion in entrepreneurship: stoking the fires and banking the coals. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. doi: 10.4337/9781788973403

Book Chapters

Cardon, Melissa S. and Valentin, Stephen D. (2017). Training and development in small and medium enterprises. The Cambridge handbook of workplace training and employee development. (pp. 363-382) edited by Kenneth G. Brown. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781316091067.018
Drnovšek, Mateja, Slavec, Alenka and Cardon, Melissa S. (2014). Cultural context, passion and self-efficacy: Do entrepreneurs operate on different ‘planets’?. Handbook of Entrepreneurial Cognition. (pp. 227-253) Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. doi: 10.4337/9781781006597.00017
Shepherd, Dean A. and Cardon, Melissa S. (2014). Negative emotional reactions to project failure and the self-compassion to learn from the experience. A Psychological Approach to Entrepreneurship: Selected Essays of Dean A. Shepherd. (pp. 577-603) Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. doi: 10.4337/9781783479801.00040
Perttula, Kimberly H. and Cardon, Melissa S. (2012). Passion. The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199734610.013.0015
Carpenter, Mason A., Cardon, Melissa S., McMullen, Jeffery S., Shepherd, Dean A., Mitchell, Ronald K., Veiga, John F. and Lumpkin, G. Thomas (2011). Academy of management review. In Search Of Research Excellence: Exemplars in Entrepreneurship. (pp. 154-172) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781849807630.00018
Drnovsek, Mateja, Cardon, Melissa S. and Murnieks, Charles Y. (2009). Collective Passion in Entrepreneurial Teams. International Studies in Entrepreneurship. (pp. 191-215) Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0443-0_9
Cardon, Melissa S. and Tarique, Ibraiz (2008). Organizational attractiveness of small businesses. International Handbook of Entrepreneurship and HRM. (pp. 345-360) Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd..

Journal Articles

Brownell, Katrina M., Cardon, Melissa S., Bolinger, Mark T. and Covin, Jeffrey G. (2024). Choice or chance: how successful entrepreneurs talk about luck. Journal of Small Business Management, 62 (3), 1684-1717. doi: 10.1080/00472778.2023.2169703
Lewis, Trey, Hechavarría, Diana M., Williams, David W. and Cardon, Melissa S. (2024). Doing the right things at the right times: the role of temporal enactment in venture outcome attainment. Journal of Business Venturing, 39 (1) 106344. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2023.106344
Engel, Yuval, Lewis, Trey, Cardon, Melissa S. and Hentschel, Tanja (2023). Signaling diversity debt: startup gender composition and the gender gap in joiners’ interest. Academy of Management Journal, 66 (5), 1469-1500. doi: 10.5465/amj.2021.1197
Cardon, Melissa S. and Arwine, Rebecca P. (2023). The many faces of entrepreneurial loneliness. Personnel Psychology, 77 (1), 225-277. doi: 10.1111/peps.12614
Ginting-Szczesny, Bernadetta A., Kibler, Ewald, Cardon, Melissa S., Kautonen, Teemu and Hakala, Henri (2023). The role of passion diversity, compassion, and self-compassion for team entrepreneurial passion. Small Business Economics, 62 (3), 987-1007. doi: 10.1007/s11187-023-00793-z
Van Lancker, Evy, Knockaert, Mirjam, Audenaert, Mieke and Cardon, Melissa (2022). HRM in entrepreneurial firms: a systematic review and research agenda. Human Resource Management Review, 32 (3) 100850. doi: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2021.100850
Allison, Thomas H., Warnick, Benjamin J., Davis, Blakley C. and Cardon, Melissa S. (2022). Can you hear me now? Engendering passion and preparedness perceptions with vocal expressions in crowdfunding pitches. Journal of Business Venturing, 37 (3) 106193. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2022.106193
Cogan, Aviel, Pret, Tobias and Cardon, Melissa S. (2022). Everyday social support processes: household members’ instrumental and emotional support of entrepreneurs. International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, 40 (5), 537-563. doi: 10.1177/02662426211054098
Roccapriore, Ashley Y., Imhof, Zoë and Cardon, Melissa S. (2021). Badge of honor or tolerable reality? How previous firm failure and experience influences investor perceptions. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 16 e00252. doi: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2021.e00252
Mmbaga, Nick A., Mathias, Blake D., Williams, David W. and Cardon, Melissa S. (2020). A review of and future agenda for research on identity in entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing, 35 (6) 106049, 106049. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2020.106049
Lewis, Trey and Cardon, Melissa S. (2020). The magnetic value of entrepreneurial passion for potential employees. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 14 e00193, e00193. doi: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2020.e00193
de Mol, Eva, Cardon, Melissa S., de Jong, Bart, Khapova, Svetlana N. and Elfring, Tom (2020). Entrepreneurial passion diversity in new venture teams: an empirical examination of short- and long-term performance implications. Journal of Business Venturing, 35 (4) 105965, 105965. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2019.105965
Murnieks, Charles Y., Arthurs, Jonathan D., Cardon, Melissa S., Farah, Nusrat, Stornelli, Jason and Haynie, J. Michael (2020). Close your eyes or open your mind: effects of sleep and mindfulness exercises on entrepreneurs' exhaustion. Journal of Business Venturing, 35 (2) 105918, 105918. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2018.12.004
Murnieks, Charles Y., Cardon, Melissa S. and Haynie, J. Michael (2020). Fueling the fire: examining identity centrality, affective interpersonal commitment and gender as drivers of entrepreneurial passion. Journal of Business Venturing, 35 (1) 105909, 105909. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2018.10.007
Cooper, Joseph T. and Cardon, Melissa S. (2019). Role residual: a model of the antecedents and consequences of enduring role sender expectations. Group & Organization Management, 44 (5), 990-1017. doi: 10.1177/1059601118815030
Murnieks, Charles Y., McMullen, Jeffery S. and Cardon, Melissa S. (2019). Does Congruence with an Entrepreneur Social Identity Encourage Positive Emotion Under Environmental Dynamism?. Journal of Small Business Management, 57 (3), 872-890. doi: 10.1111/jsbm.12335
Santos, Susana C. and Cardon, Melissa S. (2018). What’s Love Got to Do With It? Team Entrepreneurial Passion and Performance in New Venture Teams. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43 (3), 475-504. doi: 10.1177/1042258718812185
Cardon, Melissa S., Mitteness, Cheryl and Sudek, Richard (2017). Motivational Cues and Angel Investing: Interactions Among Enthusiasm, Preparedness, and Commitment. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 41 (6), 1057-1085. doi: 10.1111/etap.12255
Cardon, Melissa S., Glauser, Michael and Murnieks, Charles Y. (2017). Passion for what? Expanding the domains of entrepreneurial passion. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 8, 24-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2017.05.004
Cardon, Melissa S., Post, Corinne and Forster, William R. (2017). Team entrepreneurial passion: Its emergence and influence in new venture teams. Academy of Management Review, 42 (2), 283-305. doi: 10.5465/amr.2014.0356
Yamakawa, Yasuhiro and Cardon, Melissa S. (2017). How prior investments of time, money, and employee hires influence time to exit a distressed venture, and the extent to which contingency planning helps. Journal of Business Venturing, 32 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2016.10.002
Murnieks, Charles Y., Cardon, Melissa S., Sudek, Richard, White, T. Daniel and Brooks, Wade T. (2016). Drawn to the fire: The role of passion, tenacity and inspirational leadership in angel investing. Journal of Business Venturing, 31 (4), 468-484. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2016.05.002
Drnovsek, Mateja, Cardon, Melissa S. and Patel, Pankaj C. (2016). Direct and Indirect Effects of Passion on Growing Technology Ventures. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 10 (2), 194-213. doi: 10.1002/sej.1213
Cardon, Melissa S. and Kirk, Colleen P. (2015). Entrepreneurial Passion as Mediator of the Self-Efficacy to Persistence Relationship. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 39 (5), 1027-1050. doi: 10.1111/etap.12089
Yamakawa, Yasuhiro and Cardon, Melissa S. (2015). Causal ascriptions and perceived learning from entrepreneurial failure. Small Business Economics, 44 (4), 797-820. doi: 10.1007/s11187-014-9623-z
Cardon, Melissa S. and Patel, Pankaj C. (2015). Is stress worth it? Stress-related health and wealth trade-offs for entrepreneurs. Applied Psychology, 64 (2), 379-420. doi: 10.1111/apps.12021
Murnieks, Charles Y., Mosakowski, Elaine and Cardon, Melissa S. (2014). Pathways of Passion: Identity Centrality, Passion, and Behavior Among Entrepreneurs. Journal of Management, 40 (6), 1583-1606. doi: 10.1177/0149206311433855
Cardon, Melissa S., Gregoire, Denis A., Stevens, Christopher E. and Patel, Pankaj C. (2013). Measuring entrepreneurial passion: Conceptual foundations and scale validation. Journal of Business Venturing, 28 (3), 373-396. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2012.03.003
Mitteness, Cheryl, Sudek, Richard and Cardon, Melissa S. (2012). Angel investor characteristics that determine whether perceived passion leads to higher evaluations of funding potential. Journal of Business Venturing, 27 (5), 592-606. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2011.11.003
deTienne, Dawn R. and Cardon, Melissa S. (2012). Impact of founder experience on exit intentions. Small Business Economics, 38 (4), 351-374. doi: 10.1007/s11187-010-9284-5
Ye, Jun, Cardon, Melissa S. and Rivera, Efrain (2012). A mutuality perspective of psychological contracts regarding career development and job security. Journal of Business Research, 65 (3), 294-301. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.03.006
Cardon, Melissa S., Foo, Maw-Der, Shepherd, Dean and Wiklund, Johan (2012). Exploring the Heart: Entrepreneurial emotion is a hot topic. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 36 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00501.x
Cardon, Melissa S., Stevens, Christopher E. and Potter, D. Ryland (2011). Misfortunes or mistakes?. Cultural sensemaking of entrepreneurial failure. Journal of Business Venturing, 26 (1), 79-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.06.004
Wennberg, Karl, Wiklund, Johan, DeTienne, Dawn R. and Cardon, Melissa S. (2010). Reconceptualizing entrepreneurial exit: Divergent exit routes and their drivers. Journal of Business Venturing, 25 (4), 361-375. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.01.001
Patel, Pankaj C. and Cardon, Melissa S. (2010). Adopting HRM practices and their effectiveness in small firms facing product-market competition. Human Resource Management, 49 (2), 265-290. doi: 10.1002/hrm.20346
Drnovšek, Mateja, Wincent, Joakim and Cardon, Melissa S. (2010). Entrepreneurial self-efficacy and business start-up: Developing a multi-dimensional definition. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 16 (4), 329-348. doi: 10.1108/13552551011054516
Shinnar, Rachel S., Cardon, Melissa S., Eisenman, Micki, Zuiker, Virginia Solis and Lee, Myung-Soo (2009). Immigrant and US-born Mexican-owned business: Motivations and management. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 14 (3), 273-295. doi: 10.1142/S1084946709001296
Shepherd, Dean A. and Cardon, Melissa S. (2009). Negative emotional reactions to project failure and the self-compassion to learn from the experience. Journal of Management Studies, 46 (6), 923-949. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00821.x
Cardon, Melissa S., Wincent, Joakim, Singh, Jagdip and Drnovsek, Mateja (2009). The nature and experience of entrepreneurial passion. Academy of Management Review, 34 (3), 511-532. doi: 10.5465/AMR.2009.40633190
Cardon, Melissa S., Shinnar, Rachel S., Eisenman, Micki and Rogoff, Edward G. (2008). Segmenting the population of entrepreneurs: A cluster analysis study. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 13 (3), 293-314. doi: 10.1142/S1084946708001009
Cardon, Melissa S. (2008). Is passion contagious? The transference of entrepreneurial passion to employees. Human Resource Management Review, 18 (2), 77-86. doi: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2008.04.001
Cardon, Melissa S., Zietsma, Charlene, Saparito, Patrick, Matherne, Brett P. and Davis, Carolyn (2005). A tale of passion: New insights into entrepreneurship from a parenthood metaphor. Journal of Business Venturing, 20 (1), 23-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2004.01.002
Cardon, Melissa S. and Stevens, Christopher E. (2004). Managing human resources in small organizations: What do we know?. Human Resource Management Review, 14 (3), 295-323. doi: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2004.06.001
Cardon, Melissa S. (2003). Contingent labor as an enabler of entrepreneurial growth. Human Resource Management, 42 (4), 357-373. doi: 10.1002/hrm.10095

Conference Paper

Lerman, Michael, Cardon, Melissa S. and Thatcher, Sherry M. B. (2024). Equity Splits, Temptations to Quit, and Battles of Wit: Faultline Evolution During New Venture Team. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2024), Chicago, IL United States, 9-13 August 2024. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/amproc.2024.15720abstract