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Personality traits, self-employment, and professions

Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2010

We investigate the effect of broad personality traits' - the Big Five - on an individua's decision to become self …-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of self … individuals of the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP). We find a significant association between personality traits and the …

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Entrepreneurship and cultural creativity

Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2010

We investigate the relationship between cultural creativity and entrepreneurship in two respects: first, cultural and personal creativity as a characteristic of self-employed individuals; second, selfemployment in professions that can be classified as belonging to the "Creative Class" as...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931342

Personality Traits, Self-Employment, and Professions

Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2013

We investigate the effect of broad personality traits — the Big Five — on an individual’s decision to become self …-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of … individuals of the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP). We find a significant association between personality traits and the …

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Personality Traits, Self-Employment, and Professions

Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2011

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Stepping forward : personality traits, choice of profession, and the decision to become self-employed

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

. -- entrepreneurial choice ; vocational choice ; personality traits …

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Balanced skills and the city : an analysis of the relationship between entrepreneurial skill balance, thickness and innovation

Bublitz, Elisabeth; Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2013

Being a "jack-of-all-trades" increases the probability of running an entrepreneurial venture successfully; but what happens to "jack-of-few-trades" who lack sufficient skills? This paper investigates a possible compensation mechanism between balanced skills and cities, and how this compensatory...

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Stepping forward : personality traits, choice of profession, and the decision to become self-employed

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

. -- entrepreneurial choice ; personality traits ; vocational choice …

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Stepping Forward : Personality Traits, Choice of Profession, and the Decision to Become Self-Employed

Fritsch, Michael - 2013

We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least in two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single...

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Stepping forward : personality traits, choice of profession, and the decision to become self-employed ; conference paper

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single act...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342188