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Businessman or Host? Individual Differences between Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners in the Hospitality Industry

Wagener, Stephanie L. - 2013

Prior research has identified individual characteristics that distinguish business owners from non-business owners. We tested our contention that not every successful business owner can be characterized by such typical ldquo;entrepreneurialrdquo; characteristics. Multiple Analysis of Variance...

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Founder personality and scaling decisions in entrepreneurial firms

Becker, Annette; Hottenrott, Hanna; Mukherjee, Anwesha - 2025

&D engagement but invest more in tangible assets. We discuss implications for entrepreneurship research and policy. …

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Personality and entrepreneurship

Kritikos, Alexander - 2022

entrepreneurship since 2000 and shows that possessing certain personality characteristics will make it more likely that an individual … into entrepreneurship. Further, entrepreneurs are more likely to hire, the higher they score in risk tolerance, trust …

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The gender gap in entrepreneurship : not just a matter of personality

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander; … - 2014

Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …

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Do women have a less entrepreneurial personality?

Bengtsson, Ola; Sanandaji, Tino; Johannesson, Magnus - 2012

A striking fact about entrepreneurship is that the number of male entrepreneurs greatly exceed the number of female … personality traits can explain a modest part of the gender gap in entrepreneurship: our estimates suggest 21%-32%. We also …-entrepreneurial self-employed. This finding highlights that entrepreneurship is distinct from other types of self …

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Born entrepreneur? : adolescents' personality characteristics and self-employment in adulthood

Viinikainen, Jutta; Heineck, Guido; Böckerman, Petri; … - 2016

also reinforce the prior evidence on the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship. …

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Born entrepreneur? : adolescents’ personality characteristics and self-employment in adulthood

Viinikainen, Jutta; Heineck, Guido; Böckerman, Petri; … - 2016

also reinforce the prior evidence on the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship. …

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Does managerial personality matter? : evidence from firms in Viet Nam

Sharma, Smriti; Tarp, Finn - 2018

Using novel data from micro, small, and medium firms in Viet Nam, we estimate the relationship between behavioural and personality traits of owners/managers - risk attitudes, locus of control, and innovativeness - and firm-level decisions. We extend the analysis beyond standard metrics of firm...

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Prediction based on entrepreneurship-prone personality profiles : sometimes worse than the toss of a coin

Konon, Alexander; Kritikos, Alexander - 2018

The human personality predicts a wide range of activities and occupational choices - from musical sophistication to entrepreneurial careers. However, which method should be applied if information on personality traits is used for prediction and advice? In psychological research, group profiles...

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Prediction based on entrepreneurship-prone personality profiles : sometimes worse than the toss of a coin

Konon, Alexander; Kritikos, Alexander - 2018 - This version: December, 2018

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