"Emotions, Emotionality, and Entrepreneurship"
SI CfP at the New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
Against the backdrop of uncertainty, the entrepreneurship process and journey involve a potentially intense emotional experience. The entrepreneur's emotionality can also involve emotional intelligence, passion, and socioemotional wealth. Over the last two decades, the research effort and output on emotions and emotionality have exploded; currently, several hundred articles in leading journals can be found having addressed their nature. According to the EBSCO database, only 14 peer reviewed articles published in 2005 combined the search terms "entrep* and (emotion* or affective)" in the abstract; that number rose to 47 in 2015 and then 117 in 2024. As advances in technology (such as Generative AI) stimulate and enliven the entrepreneurial process while also adding to its uncertainty, emotion is in the position to play increasingly influential roles. The goal of this special issue is to draw attention to the increasingly wide-ranging and dynamic effects of emotion and emotionality, across the entrepreneurship process and entrepreneurial journey.
We identify below a handful of themes that are especially timely for this Special Issue.
-Emotion and opportunity formation;
-Emotion and the judgment-based approach;
-Moral emotion in entrepreneurship;
-Serendipity and emotions in entrepreneurship;
-Entrepreneurial emotion and AI;
-Physiology and neuroscience of entrepreneurial emotion; and
-The interaction of narcissism and passion.
Articles should be up to a maximum of 6000 words in length. For additional background elaborating this Special Issue, please see the attachment or visit https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/emotions-emotionality-and-entrepreneurship
Submission and Review Process
This Special Issue opens for submissions on 1st April 2026, and the submission deadline is 1st October 2026. Papers will be screened by the guest editors, and those deemed suitable will be sent to at least two reviewers. Papers will be reviewed on a rolling basis and those accepted will be available online (EarlyCite) before the Special Issue is finalized. Manuscripts must apply the NEJE's general author guidelines, such as style and paper length. We welcome newly introduced types of articles: Research Note and Practitioner Note. All papers must go through the journal's online submission portal (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/neje). Authors should select 'SI: Emotions, Emotionality, and Entrepreneurship' option when submitting their manuscript.
For any questions, please contact the guest editors:
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