A proposition is offered regarding entrepreneurial values that may be drivers of entrepreneurial behavior -- that a basic set of beliefs exists in entrepreneurs about themselves and others in society which, from the entrepreneur's point of view, differentiates entrepreneurs from other people....

This study examines whether or not certain values are likely to be held consistently by entrepreneurs, which are not held by non-entrepreneurs. The four underlying dimensions of culture from Hofstede's 1980 study--power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity--are used to...