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Are entrepreneurs more optimistic and overconfident than managers and employees?
Koudstaal, Martin; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2015
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 set of measures of optimism and overconfidence (n = 2,058). The results … when bad events occur. For incentivized measures of overconfidence we find no difference between entrepreneurs and managers …
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Die Selbsteinschätzung des deutschen Topmanagements zu seinen fachlichen und persönlichen Anforderungen
Banfai, Akos G. - 1998
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Which CEO characteristics and abilities matter?
Kaplan, Steven N.; Klebanov, Mark M.; Sørensen, Morten - 2008
"We study the characteristics and abilities of CEO candidates for companies involved in buyout (LBO) and venture capital (VC) transactions and relate them to hiring decisions, investment decisions, and company performance. Candidates are assessed on more than thirty individual abilities. The...
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The many colors of success : what do executives want out of life?
Kets de Vries, Manfred F. R. - 2009
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Businessman or host? : individual differences between entrepreneurs and small business owners in the hospitality industry
Wagener, Stephanie L. (contributor);  … - 2008
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Interrelationships among locus of control and years in management and unemployment : differences by gender
Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - 2010
This paper focuses on gender differences in the role played by locus of control within a model that predicts outcomes for men and women at two opposite poles of the labour market: high level managerial / leadership positions and unemployment. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel,...
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CEO overconfidence and innovation
Galasso, Alberto; Simcoe, Timothy S. - 2010
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Emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness : the mediating influence of collaborative behaviors
Guillén, Laura; Florent-Treacy, Elizabeth - 2011
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Why do some CEOs work for a one-dollar salary?
Loureiro, Gilberto; Makhija, Anil K.; Zhang, Dan - 2011
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