The mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation: A meta-analysis of resource orchestration and cultural contingencies

Building on the resource orchestration literature, we use meta-analytic structural equation modeling to test a model where entrepreneurial orientation (EO) mobilizes resources to influence firm performance. Our results indicate that (1) EO mediates (partially) the human and social capital - firm performance relationships; (2) social capital is positively associated with human capital; (3) the relationship between social capital and firm performance is mediated in two steps, first, by human capital, and then, by EO; and (4) the human capital - EO relationship is stronger in high in-group collectivistic, low future oriented, and high uncertainty avoidance cultures.