Previous research on entrepreneurship as well as goal, social-cognitive, and leadership theories has guided hypotheses regarding the relationship between entrepreneurial traits and skill (passion, tenacity, and new resource skill) and situationally specific motivation (communicated vision, self-efficacy, and goals) to subsequent venture growth. Data from 229 entrepreneur-chief executive officer...

A mediation model of the cognitions and behaviors that successful nascent entrepreneurs (vs. quitters) use to start “promising” companies was derived from psychological theories about the causality among situation (environment), person (cognition), and behavior. Entrepreneurship, leadership and social cognition research concepts that offer successful responses to uncertain resource-poor dynamic...

Entrepreneurial competencies have a profound role in the performance of an entrepreneur’s business, especially with regards to SMEs. This research aimed at finding out effects entrepreneurial on financial The aspects looked were; creativity and innovation, risk taking, motivation leadership. study was guided by three theories: resource-based theory, competency-base theory expectancy theory. use...

Sustainable Business: Opportunity and Value Creation Andrea L. Larson Assistant Professor of Business Administration Darden Graduate School of Business Administration University of Virginia P.O. Box 6550 Charlottesville, Virginia 22906-6550 (804) 924-3221 (804) 243-7677 fax [email protected] Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg Associate Professor of Business Administration Darden Graduate...

Entrepreneurialism and entrepreneurial leadership are increasingly viewed as essential to improving the capability of organisations to innovate and improve performance. This article aims to refine the conceptual understanding of entrepreneurialism in the context of public education, drawing on data concerning constructions of meaning around entrepreneurialism in an inner city Academy in England...

Development of knowledge based society carries multiple challenges to the higher education system. Some of the challenges laid before the higher education sector of countries which aspire to become knowledge based societies are: the entrepreneurial leadership of the higher education institutions, finding new sources of financing in order to minimize dependence on public resources, creating conn...

Inclusive leadership has recently become an active topic in the literature on and field of organizational behavior. However, there is currently a lack consensus regarding whether younger generation inclusive leaders perceive behave differently from older generation. This study seeks to determine traits, characteristics, attitudes, behaviors young Thai who today play increasingly influential rol...

A variety of changes are facing leaders in academic pharmacy. Servant and transformational leadership have attributes that provide guidance and inspiration through these changes. Servant leadership focuses on supporting and developing the individuals within an institution, while transformational leadership focuses on inspiring followers to work towards a common goal. This article discusses thes...

This article examines the use of action learning sets in a leadership module delivered by a university in south east England. An evaluation research study was undertaking using survey method to evaluate student engagement with action learning sets, and their value, impact and sustainability. Data were collected through a questionnaire with a mix of Likert-style and open-ended questions and qual...