Authentic leadership has emerged as a positive approach that stimulates psychological and ethical safety in the work environment to enhance organizational outcomes. Grounded on authentic three- factor model, purpose of this study was develop fuller understanding from lived experiences nascent entrepreneurs. Applying phenomenological research method, we explored 10 founder-CEOs Information Techn...

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— The Economics of Happiness is one of the research areas of greatest growth in recent years. Throughout this work, a venture based model in which satisfaction of Spanish entrepreneurs with their professional life is performed. We analyze the responses of 9,989 entrepreneurs using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), and six hypothesis are discussed. The results show that, for t...

Previous research, notably Baumol (1990), has highlighted the role of institutions in channeling entrepreneurial supply into productive, unproductive or destructive activities. However, entrepreneurship is not only influenced by institutions— entrepreneurs often help shape institutions themselves. The bilateral causal relation between entrepreneurs and institutions is examined in this paper. En...

We integrate insights from the social embeddedness perspective with research on immigrant entrepreneurship to theorize on how family resources influence exit from entrepreneurship among previously unemployed immigrant entrepreneurs. Results from a cohort study of immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden reveal that family resources are important for immigrants to integrate economically into a country....

OBJECTIVES This study investigated the association between self-reported good health and self-valued good social life. An additional aim was to examine entrepreneur's strategies for maintaining good health. METHODS The study design included a two-wave questionnaire, with five years between the surveys (2001 and 2006), and qualitative interviews. The study group consisted of 246 entrepreneurs ...

This contribution discusses a theory of entrepreneurship, its empirical base, and its implications. First, it argues that a psychological approach is necessary to understand entrepreneurship. Second, it argues that any theory of entrepreneurship should use active actions as a starting point — entrepreneurship is the epitome of an active agent in the market (rather than a reactive agent). Third,...

Internet cafés represent a potential means of bridging the information gap between social groups and geographical areas. This study examines the spread of Internet cafés in Indonesia. The main objectives are to identify characteristics of Internet café entrepreneurs and to enhance the understanding of preconditions for the provision of Internet access by small-scale private enterprises. A surve...

R esearch and development (R&D) and the accelerating progress in science and technology have been the backbone of the global information revolution, dated as beginning in 1969 with the commercial production of a computer on a silicon chip. All these have, in turn, greatly facilitated the emergence of knowledge-based economies (KBEs), inventive entrepreneurs and technology-driven SMEs. In the pr...