| dc.creator |
Verheul, Ingrid |
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| dc.creator |
Uhlaner, Lorraine |
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| dc.creator |
Thurik, A. Roy |
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| dc.date |
2004 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2013-10-16T07:07:43Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2013-10-16T07:07:43Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2013-10-16 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19955 |
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| dc.identifier |
ppn:384926002 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/19955 |
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| dc.description |
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. |
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| dc.language |
eng |
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| dc.relation |
Papers on entrepreneurship, growth and public policy 1004 |
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| dc.rights |
http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen |
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| dc.subject |
ddc:330 |
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| dc.subject |
Unternehmer |
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| dc.subject |
Selbstständige |
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| dc.subject |
Wahrnehmung |
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| dc.subject |
Geschlecht |
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| dc.subject |
Weibliche Führungskräfte |
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| dc.subject |
USA |
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| dc.title |
Business accomplishments, gender and entrepreneurial self-image |
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| dc.type |
doc-type:workingPaper |
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