Supplementary file 1_The impact of emotions on the evaluation of environmentally damaging entrepreneurial opportunities: an experimental study.docx

In the full-sample sensitivity analysis (N = 377), estimates were directionally similar, but the principal screened-sample findings were not confirmed.</p>Discussion<p>These findings indicate that environmentally relevant emotions show different patterns in hypothetical entrepreneurial opportunity evaluation: anger showed the most consistent pattern, hope was context-dependent, and compassion showed no detectable difference relative to the Control condition.

The findings contribute to the theoretical scope of the Appraisal Tendency Framework by examining emotion-specific patterns in the evaluation of environmentally damaging entrepreneurial opportunities, a judgment domain in which environmental harm is an explicit feature of the opportunity being evaluated. The variation observed across emotions and scenarios suggests potential boundary conditions for the application of the framework in this judgment domain.

From a practical perspective, the findings suggest that emotional context may be relevant to understanding how environmentally damaging entrepreneurial opportunities are evaluated. However, given the student sample, generally small effect sizes, hypothetical scenarios, and sensitivity to the screening procedure, these practical implications should be considered preliminary and should not be interpreted as prescriptive guidance for entrepreneurs or policymakers.</p>