The main study in my dissertation posits that prospective entrepreneurs face a spectrum of entrepreneurial choices … rather than a binary employment-entrepreneurship decision and explores how cognitive determinants influence these choices. I … on a self-employment definition of entrepreneurship or on uni-dimensional drivers has obscured these more complex choices …

revealed that several individual characteristics discriminated between entrepreneurs and small business owners. Entrepreneurs …

resource acquisition; persistence, self-regulation, zest, humour, leadership, teamwork, and fairness at the stage of survival … and growth. Moreover, We propose that perspective allows entrepreneurs to accumulate experience and recognize and exploit … further opportunities. Implications & Recommendations: The study has implications mainly for entrepreneurs (recommendation for …