Die vorliegende Studie beschreibt ein Validierungsdesign, anhand dessen Sympathie und Selbstsicherheit vorhergesagt werden sollen. Die Methode stellt einen investigativen Ansatz für die Eignungsdiagnostik dar. Die Vorteile der Echtzeitmessung liegen in der objektiven und non-obstrusiven...

Recent empirical studies have shown that many employees would prefer to be self-employed, just as many nascent entrepreneurs are also in fulltime, paid employment. This paper investigates the factors determining individual preference for being self-employed, entrepreneurial intention and...

This article examines the construct of "Entrepreneurial Personality". In business practice there is growing mutual consent about the relevance of this construct but precise definitions in literature are still missing. This article first looks at some approaches which define the general construct...

In this study we empirically investigate the contribution of personality traits to the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Our empirical analyses, which are based on data obtained from a large scale survey of individuals in 36 countries, suggest that a group of personality traits which we call...