Abstract
Grit – passion and perseverance for long-term goals – has been empirically shown to be a positive predictor of success across multiple contexts. The current study developed a new framework of grit within a framework of self-regulatory behaviours. Here, a qualitative approach was assumed to obtain interview data from chief innovation officers and chief information officers within technologically intensive industries. Empirical evidence was used to inductively determine the underlying cognitive-affective processing that influences gritty behaviour. Overall, six strategies were identified: temporal perspective, perpetual evaluation, motivational orientation, strength and resource gathering, system thinking and framing. Organisations may utilise the grit model developed here to enhance the grittiness of their innovation leaders by building effective cognitive-affective strategies.
Highlights
Success has been related to traits such as lateral thinking capability, risk-taking behaviour, creativity and opportunity recognition
Complementing prior research on how innovation leaders succeed under adverse circumstances (Holland & Shepherd 2013; Mueller, Wolfe & Syed 2017), our research underscores the importance of self-regulatory strategies in enhancing grit
We propose that innovation leaders utilise a range of self-regulatory cognitive-affective strategies that result in the necessary gritty behaviour that enables the successful attainment of their long-term goals
Summary
Success has been related to traits such as lateral thinking capability, risk-taking behaviour, creativity and opportunity recognition. Grit – passion and perseverance for long-term goals – is a proven important individual characteristic for the successful attainment of goals across diverse contexts (Duckworth et al 2007). The importance of grit-related constructs as individual traits for success has been studied as passion and tenacity (Baum & Locke 2004); creativity, selfefficacy and goal-setting (Baum 2015); persistence (Holland & Shepherd 2013); resilience (Kossek & Perrigino 2016; Shin, Taylor & Seo 2012); and self-regulatory processes (Locke & Latham 2013; Mueller et al 2017; Nambisan & Baron 2013; Vallerand, Houlfort & Forest 2014)
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