Need for achievement, locus of control and the prediction of business start-ups: A longitudinal study

By Ove C. Hansemark. 2003

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Management of Technology and Innovation

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The nascent entrepreneurship hub: goals, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and start-up outcomes (2012, background): “Some of the more common include the need for achievement (McClelland 1965; Hansemark 2003 ), risk-taking propensity (Brockhaus 1980; Brockhaus and Horwitz 1986; Corman et al. 1988), and internal locus of control (Rotter 1966; Borland 1974; Hansemark 1998; Kaufman et al. 1995).”
An Analysis of the Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intentions among Students: A Romanian Case Study (2016, background): “This assumption belongs to Hansemark [32], who continued a series of analyses conducted by others in this direction [33–38].”
Uncovering the relationship between workaholism and workplace destructive and constructive deviance: an exploratory study (2006, background): “Research has shown that entrepreneurs are more likely to have a strong need for achievement and internal locus of control (Chay, 1993 ; Hansemark, 2003 ; Littunen, 2000 ).”
Knowledge context and entrepreneurial intentions among students (2012, background): “This measure describes expectations of doing something better or faster than anybody else or better than one’s own earlier accomplishments (Hansemark 2003).”
Locus of Control and Job Search Strategies (2010, unknown): “Heckman et al. (2006) use indicators of self-esteem and locus of control to construct a one-dimensional, latent factor representing noncognitive skills.”
Gender Differences in Personality and Earnings:Evidence from Russia (2007, background): “…al. 2000, Mueller and Plug 2004, Nyhus and Pons 2004, Osborne 2000), employment (Baum et al. 1986, Goldsmith et al. 1996), entrepreneurial talent (Hansemark 2003, Mueller 2004, Thomas and Mueller 2000), productivity (Barrick and Mount 1991, Coleman and DeLeire 2003, Kirkcaldy et al. 2002,…”
Personality characteristics and the decisions to become and stay self-employed (2013, unknown): “This also allows us to test the influence of personality characteristics, which have so far been tested without controlling for the Big Five, like locus of control (Hansemark 2003), risk tolerance (see Caliendo et al. 2009), or impulsivity (see Sahakian et al. 2008).”
Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature (2018, unknown): “For example, Hansemark (2003) tracks students from a Swedish entrepreneurship program over an 11-year period by matching psychological data with Swedish registries of new businesses. The author measures the predictive validity of initially measured personality characteristics toward becoming an entr”
Entrepreneurial intent: A twelve‐country evaluation of Ajzen's model of planned behavior (2010, background): “While there is some evidence to the contrary ( Hansemark, 2003”
Locus of control and the labor market (2015, unknown): “Similarly, men (though not women) with an internal locus of control are significantly more likely to start a new business (Hansemark 2003).”
Critical success factors for e-commerce entrepreneurship: an empirical study of Thailand (2009, background): “With a few exceptions (cf., Hansemark 2003; Beugelsdijk 2007), achievement has been found to be a robust characteristic of successful entrepreneurs.”