Achievement drive and creativity as correlates of success in small business

Morris, John L.; Fargher, Kenneth

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“…The link between entrepreneurship and the motivational construct of achievement or success has been addressed in various studies (Caird 1991;Durand and Shea 1974;Morris and Fargher 1974;Robinson et al 1991). Success has been conceptualized and measured in many different ways.…”

Section: Entrepreneurial Competencesmentioning

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The Role of Higher Education in Development of Entrepreneurial Competencies: Some Insights from Castilla-La Mancha University in Spain

Moreno

Muñoz

Morote

2019

Administrative Sciences

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This study presents an analysis of the entrepreneurial competences of second- and fourth-year undergraduate students at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), under the framework of the Entrepreneurial Teachers Network, an ongoing project at this institution. The analysis of a sample of 1874 students identified three profiles of competences of students at the UCLM. The first profile is related to competences in performing and resolving activities, the second is related to risk aversion and uncertainty management and the third is associated with the capacity for teamwork. Furthermore, it was found that the competences related to implementing and performing activities significantly influence job creation as they exhibit a positive relationship with the intention of creating a company in the first three years after graduation. Emotion-related competences also exhibit a significant effect on entrepreneurial intention, although this association is negative. Finally, relation-based competences were found to have no impact on entrepreneurial intention.

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Section: Entrepreneurial Competencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Higher Education in Development of Entrepreneurial Competencies: Some Insights from Castilla-La Mancha University in Spain

Moreno

Muñoz

Morote

2019

Administrative Sciences

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“…The link between entrepreneurs and achievement motivation has been found by several studies (Caird, 1991;Durand & Shea, 1974;Morris & Fargher, 1974;Robinson et al, 1991). Achievement has been conceptualized and measured in many different ways.…”

Section: Achievementmentioning

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Measuring Enterprise Potential in Young People

Athayde¹

2009

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

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As young people increasingly become the target of entrepreneurial and enterprise policy initiatives and enterprise education in schools increases, so does the need to effectively measure the impact these programs have. A research instrument was designed to measure "enterprise potential" in young people using attitudes toward characteristics associated with entrepreneurship. A control-group cross-sectional design was used to investigate the impact of participation in a Young Enterprise Company Program, which is based on the U.S. Junior Achievement model, in six secondary schools in London, United Kingdom. The study found that participation in a Company Program can foster positive attitudes toward selfemployment and that participants displayed greater enterprise potential than nonparticipants. Demographic differences also emerged in enterprise potential between ethnic groups. Young Black people were more positive about self-employment and displayed greater enterprise potential than either White or Asian pupils. A family background of self-employment had a positive influence on pupils' intentions to become self-employed. Finally, the research raises a conceptual issue concerning the multidimensionality of the construct of "enterprise potential."

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“…The second set of arguments concerning the low correlational levels are more theoretical in nature and suggest that the poor predictive capacity is a realistic reflection of the relationship between achievement motive and performance. Some researchers (Morris and Fargher, 1974;Tziner and Eden, in press) have suggested that it is unreasonable to expect a high magnitude of relationship due to the influence of extraneous personal factors such as ability and creativity.…”

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“…Rather these managers' activities are often affected by binding company rules and regulations which restrict the range and sphere of managerial autonomy. This issue of limitations becomes doubly important when performance is measured in terms of macro factors such as company growth, annual sales volume, or level of economic development (Hundal, 1971;Morgan, 1964;Morris and Fargher, 1974;Sinha and Chaubey, 1972;Wainer and Rubin, 1969) rather than micro factors such as income level (Morgan, 1964).…”

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Achievement motive: A reconceptualization and new instrument

Tziner

Elizur

1985

J Organ Behavior

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A questionnaire based on a facet definition of achievement motive was devised to assess achievement tendencies amongst managers. The facet definition provided guidelines for the creation of items and the formulation of hypotheses concerning the structural relations among components of achievement motive. The questionnaire was then administered to a sample of 190 middle managers in a large industrial corporation in Israel.As hypothesized, results reflected three facets of achievement motive:(1) type of confrontation;(2) time perspective of task performance and (3) behavioural modality.Six measures formed from a combination of items related to the first two facets were found to be internally reliable. Moreover, three of these measures dealing with readiness to confront uncertainty, to solve problems and to take calculated risks were found to predict at a significant level actual manager performance. Discussion focused on a multifaceted rather than unitary approach to achievement motive and implications for assessing its relationship to performance in various settings. Defining achievement motiveContent analysis of the literature on achievement motivation (cf.

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Achievement drive and creativity as correlates of success in small business

Cited by 33 publications

References 3 publications

The Role of Higher Education in Development of Entrepreneurial Competencies: Some Insights from Castilla-La Mancha University in Spain

The Role of Higher Education in Development of Entrepreneurial Competencies: Some Insights from Castilla-La Mancha University in Spain

Measuring Enterprise Potential in Young People

Achievement motive: A reconceptualization and new instrument

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