Although entrepreneurial intention models have been widely used in the entrepreneurship field over the last twenty years, researchers have recently called for a better understanding of the intention-action gap. Our research tackles this issue, by testing a model integrating the concept of commitment in the relationship between entrepreneurial intention and behavior. Using Meyer and Allen’s three-dimension model of commitment on nascent entrepreneurs, we tried to understand what ties them to their entrepreneurial project and how this bond could explain resources investment. Our results reveal a positive relationship of affective and continuance commitments on the entrepreneurial process, as well as distinctive groups of nascent entrepreneurs based on their commitment profiles.
