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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441301
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354771
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454428
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Entrepreneurial business: genetic lottery or a choice
Nikolić, Slavka; Kovijanić, Tijana; Mladenović, Marijana - In: Journal of business economics and management 21 (2020) 1, pp. 222-240
Research dedicated to entrepreneurship has, from the very beginning, created a gender gap as it was mostly considered … entrepreneurship can or cannot be gendered, using a sample of potential entrepreneurs. Based on the multivariate analysis of variance … the implementation of the existing models in different areas of entrepreneurship research, extending its understanding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012176214
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011911044
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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
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011961893
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011925273
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009737923
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013329715
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Are entrepreneurs more optimistic and overconfident than managers and employees?
Koudstaal, Martin; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2015
Empirical evidence supports the conventional wisdom that entrepreneurs are more optimistic and overconfident than others. However, the same holds true for top managers. In this lab-in-the-field experiment we directly compare the scores of entrepreneurs, managers and employees on a comprehensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378220