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Searching the heffalump: using traits and cognitive styles to predict entrepreneurial orientation

Cools, E.; Van den Broeck, H. - Vlerick Business School - 2006

The aim of this study was to get more insight into what typifies Flemish entrepreneurs. We compared entrepreneurs with … non-entrepreneurs for five traits (tolerance for ambiguity, self-efficacy, proactive personality, locus of control, need … intensively, the examination of possible antecedents of EO remains a white space. We found that entrepreneurs (N = 177) score …

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What's in a name? An inquiry on the cognitive and entrepreneurial profile of the social entrepreneur

Cools, E.; Vermeulen, S. - Vlerick Business School - 2008

entrepreneurs. Although entrepreneurship research has a long tradition in the study of the individual entrepreneur, there are not … entrepreneur is by comparing the cognitive and entrepreneurial profile of different types of entrepreneurs. Our inquiry addresses … two main questions: (1) Does the cognitive style of social entrepreneurs differ significantly from the profile of …

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Cognitive styles in business and management: a review of development over the past two decades

Armstrong, S.; Cools, E. - Vlerick Business School - 2009

This paper considers the theory, measurement, and practical relevance of cognitive style for both management practice and organisational behaviour. We simplify matters by confining our discussions to cognitive style per se, deliberately excluding the construct of learning styles. We also confine...

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Website Morphing

Hauser, John R.; Urban, Glen L.; Liberali, Guilherme; … - In: Marketing Science 28 (2009) 2, pp. 202-223

Virtual advisors often increase sales for those customers who find such online advice to be convenient and helpful. However, other customers take a more active role in their purchase decisions and prefer more detailed data. In general, we expect that websites are more preferred and increase...

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—Response to Comments on “Website Morphing”

Hauser, John R.; Urban, Glen L.; Liberali, Guilherme; … - In: Marketing Science 28 (2009) 2, pp. 227-228

Website morphing draws on the Expected Gittinsâ€™ solution to a partially observable Markov process, on the rapid consumer-segment updating with Bayesian methods, and on matching a websiteâ€™s look and feel to a visitorâ€™s cognitive style. In each area there are exciting research...

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Taking a style perspective to understand organizational behavior: a four-decade review

Cools, E. - Vlerick Business School - 2010

This paper aims at providing a summary of empirical insights about the impact of cognitive styles on organizational behavior and management. A two-part discussion on the applications of cognitive styles in the workplace is presented. The first part focuses on the implications of cognitive styles...

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Cognitive styles and the use of electronic journals in a mobile context

Chan, Chu-Han; Hsieh, Chen-Wei; Y. Chen, Sherry - In: Journal of Documentation 70 (2014) 6, pp. 997-1014

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how different cognitive style groups use electronic journals via mobile devices, with an emphasis on the use of search mechanisms, the approaches to judge the relevance and to refine the results, the use of horizontal screens, and on the...

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Knowledge management practices in a public sector organisation: the role of leaders' cognitive styles

Jain, Ajay K.; Jeppe Jeppesen, Hans - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 17 (2013) 3, pp. 347-362

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of the cognitive styles of leaders on knowledge management practices in a public sector organisation in India. Design/methodology/approach – The data were gathered from 210 middle and senior managers who were employed in...

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Reducing biases of decision-making processes in complex organizations

Cristofaro, Matteo - In: Management Research Review 40 (2017) 3, pp. 270-291

Purpose This paper aims to study how biases in decision-making processes could be reduced. In this vein, over the past 30 years, scholars interested in decision-making have been raising their interest in the development of quality control tools to mitigate the effects of cognitive distortions....

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Rational versus intuitive cognition and influence of dynamic managerial capabilities on SMEs' perceived international performance : evidence from emerging economy

Karaca, Volkan; Bağış, Mehmet - In: Management research review 47 (2024) 9, pp. 1467-1499

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