Arbeitspapier
Business accomplishments, gender and entrepreneurial self-image
Drawing on Bem's psychological theory of self-perception, this paper presents and tests a model that examines the impact of business accomplishments and gender on entrepreneurial self-image and explores the definition of entrepreneurship according to Vesper's entrepreneu-rial typology. Regression techniques are used to identify those business accomplishments that university alumni associate with self-perceptions of entrepreneurship. Experience as a small business person (founding, running, and/or owning a small business) most clearly predicts en-trepreneurial self-image. Results also support predictions of both direct and indirect effects of gender as well as direct effects of education and business degree. Results of a separate expert panel study are used to rank business accomplishments according to degree of entrepreneur-ship. Results of both studies reveal stark contrasts in the implied definition of entrepreneur-ship between entrepreneurship experts (academic and practitioner alike) and the general busi-ness community (as represented by the alumni). This raises questions about the meaning of the term "entrepreneurship", what the word "entrepreneur", in particular, conveys to the gen-eral public, and the implications for practice and future research.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy ; No. 1004
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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Unternehmer
Selbstständige
Wahrnehmung
Geschlecht
Weibliche Führungskräfte
USA
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Verheul, Ingrid
Uhlaner, Lorraine
Thurik, A. Roy
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems
- (wo)
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Jena
- (wann)
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2004
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Verheul, Ingrid
- Uhlaner, Lorraine
- Thurik, A. Roy
- Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems
Entstanden
- 2004
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