The Psychology of EntrepreneurshipJ. Robert Baum, Michael Frese, Robert A. Baron Psychology Press, 16 apr 2014 - 432 pagine Entrepreneurship is essential for international social and economic well-being, as new ventures are the dominant source of job creation, market innovation, and economic growth in many societies. In this book, a noted group of researchers use findings, methods, and theories of modern psychology as the basis for gaining important, new insights into entrepreneurship-and into the hearts and minds of the talented, passionate professionals who create new business ventures. The Psychology of Entrepreneurship, a volume in the SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series, is the first book written about the psychology of entrepreneurship, and includes over 60 research questions to guide industrial organizational psychology, organizational behavior, and entrepreneurship research about entrepreneurs. It seeks to answer questions such as, how and why do some people, but not others, recognize opportunities, decide to start new ventures, and organize successful, rapidly growing new ventures? Some topics addressed include:
This book will appeal to teachers, students, and researchers in the areas of industrial organizational psychology, organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, and management. |
Sommario
An Introduction | 1 |
A Process Perspective | 19 |
3 Born to Be an Entrepreneur? Revisiting the Personality Approach to Entrepreneurship | 41 |
4 Entrepreneurs Competencies | 67 |
5 Entrepreneurial Motivation | 93 |
6 Entrepreneurs as Organizational Products Revisited | 113 |
7 Cognition and Capabilities in Entrepreneurial Ventures | 131 |
An Action Theory Approach | 151 |
11 Intrapreneurship and Innovation | 237 |
The Case of China | 265 |
13 Method Challenges and Opportunities in the Psychological Study of Entrepreneurship | 287 |
14 Psychology Entrepreneurship and the Critical Mess | 325 |
Psychological Methods in Entrepreneurship Research | 335 |
Benefits of Closer Links Between IO Psychology and Entrepreneurship | 347 |
Author Index | 375 |
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