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The entrepreneurial personality : a social construction / Elizabeth Chell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chell, Elizabeth.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Entrepreneurship--Case studies.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Small business--Case studies.
- Small business.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- Summary:
- Is there such a thing as an 'entrepreneurial personality'? Elizabeth Chell argues that the entrepreneurial personality is, on the one hand, a socially constructed phenomenon, but on the other hand, presents consistency in behaviours, skills and competencies.
- This second edition of the highly acclaimed The Entrepreneurial Personality carefully weaves together the arguments and views from economists, sociologists and psychologists in order to develop a strong conceptual foundation. It discusses the inferences that these experts have made about the nature of entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial process, and explores whether such evidence has enabled psychometricians to develop robust instruments for assessing the characteristics of entrepreneurs. Throughout, Chell laces her argument richly with a set of cases derived from primary and secondary sources.
- This book presents a timely set of views on the entrepreneurial personality, and will be of great interest to academics in the fields of entrepreneurship, economics, management, applied psychology and sociology. This accessible text will also appeal to the interested general reader, as well as practitioners and consultants dealing with entrepreneurs in the field.
- Contents:
- Who is an entrepreneur
- Economic perspectives on entrepreneurship
- The socio-economic environment
- The search for entrepreneurial traits
- The new entrepreneurial traits
- Interactionism and cognitive approaches to personality
- Paradigms, methodology and the construction of the entrepreneurial personality
- The heterogeneity of entrepreneurs: cases and colour
- The entrepreneurial personality: the state of the art.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-291) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415328098
- 0415328098
- OCLC:
- 181424082
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