We examine in a large survey (n = 1,928) how contemplative entrepreneurs, managers and employees are in their decision making styles. Besides two well-known subjective measures taken from psychology, we also build on Rubinstein (2016) by including two objective measures derived from response...

Based on a trait-oriented approach, Big Five personality traits have been repeatedly shown to affect entrepreneurial action. In the last two decades, a new literature stream on the Big Five has emerged in the field of psychology that has partly moved away from a traitbased perspective towards a...

Self-efficacy reflects the self-belief that one can persistently perform difficult and novel tasks while coping with adversity. As such beliefs reflect how individuals behave, think, and act, they are key for successful entrepreneurial activities. While existing literature mainly analyzes the...

The renewed scholarly interest in the craft-based mode of competition, work, learning and innovation suggests that there are some unique aspects of the craft's way of doing business. Using a large panel data set, the present paper takes a closer look at this issue by examining the personality...

Self-efficacy reflects the self-belief that one can persistently perform difficult and novel tasks while coping with adversity. As such beliefs reflect how individuals behave, think, and act, they are key for successful entrepreneurial activities. While existing literature mainly analyzes the...

Most individuals find their way into entrepreneurship through combinations of self-employment and paid employment. However, prior research on entrepreneurial intentions has overlooked intended career transitions. Drawing on social cognitive career theory, we argue that, against the background of...

Unternehmertum ist eine wichtige wirtschaftliche Quelle für jedes Land. Allerdings ist der Anteil weiblicher Unternehmer immer noch gering und in den meisten Ländern besteht eine Kluft zwischen den Geschlechtern im Unternehmertum, was bedeutet, dass Wachstumspotential ungenutzt bleibt. Wir...

We examine in a large survey (n = 1,928) how contemplative entrepreneurs, managers and employees are in their decision making styles. Besides two well-known subjective measures taken from psychology, we also build on Rubinstein (2016) by including two objective measures derived from response...

Unternehmertum ist eine wichtige wirtschaftliche Quelle für jedes Land. Allerdings ist der Anteil weiblicher Unternehmer immer noch gering und in den meisten Ländern besteht eine Kluft zwischen den Geschlechtern im Unternehmertum, was bedeutet, dass Wachstumspotential ungenutzt bleibt. Wir...