Motivational traits of prospective entrepreneurs is a vigorously researched topic and this chapter examines some of the most commonly suggested traits for entrepreneurs including risk-taking propensity; educational background of the entrepreneur and his/her parents; number of previous jobs and...

Civil servants have a bad reputation of being lazy. However, citizens' personal experiences with civil servants appear to be significantly better. We develop a model of an economy in which workers differ in laziness and in public service motivation, and characterise optimal incentive contracts...

Drawing on the job demands-resources model (JD-R model), this article introduces information control and team control as project leader-specific job resources, as well as role overload as a demand, and then examines their influences on project experience appraisals and project success. With a...