The Indicators of Locus of Control in the Small Business Context

Littunen, Hannu; Storhammar, Esa

doi:10.1142/s0218495800000188

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“…Those features will determine the business strategies that can influence business performance and contribute to economic growth in a country. The importance of the characteristics of entrepreneurs as asserted in the Theory of Economic Development is consistent with what have been analyzed by Littunen & Storhammar (2000), Gadenne (1999) and Keats & Bracker (1988), which asserted that factor of entrepreneurial characteristics of owner/manager is the most important factor that can affect the performance of small businesses.…”

Section: Theory Of Economic Developmentsupporting

confidence: 83%

Aviation Entrepreneur Model (AEM) in Malaysia: A Review

Kadir¹,

Rusuli²

2016

Europ. j. multidiscip. stud.

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Section: Theory Of Economic Developmentsupporting

confidence: 83%

Aviation Entrepreneur Model (AEM) in Malaysia: A Review

Kadir¹,

Rusuli²

2016

Europ. j. multidiscip. stud.

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“…They can become successful entrepreneurs by believing that they can diminish the effects of outside factors on the results with the help of common sense (Pearson & Chatterjee, 2001). Therefore, internal locus of control is seen as an entrepreneurial trait, and it is deemed that individuals with internal locus of control have a propensity to undertake entrepreneurial activities (Jennings & Zeithami, 1983;Kaufmann, Welsh, & Bushmarin, 1995;Koh, 1996;Cromie, 2000;Littunen, 2000;Littunen & Storhammar, 2000).…”

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The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Intentions in Indigenous Entrepreneurs: The Role of Personal Background on the Antecedents of Intentions

Uygun¹,

Kasımoğlu²

2013

IJBM

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The fact that models of entrepreneurship have generally been developed on a global scale has made the matter of explaining and assessing indigenous level experience rather difficult from the perspective of reliability and validity. It is therefore very important from an academic perspective to reveal such local scale entrepreneurial behaviours. Research was conducted in three stages. Personal backgrounds formed by factors such as role models, traits and experience, and contextual terms were addressed. Then clues regarding cognitive structures and processes were researched by focusing on how entrepreneurs recognize opportunities. Finally, factors having an influence in the formation of entrepreneurial intentions were addressed. The sampling structure of this study was entrepreneurs in the town of Biga, which is one of the main economic fields of the Canakkale region in Turkey. Findings on the research topic were obtained by evaluating entrepreneurial activities in different time periods by indigenous entrepreneurs and by conducting detailed interviews with these entrepreneurs. Using this research method made possible a more effective understanding the decision-making paradigm of the entrepreneurs. The 26 entrepreneurs analysed in the study were divided into three basic types according to the dominant factors determined following analysis of the reasons that led them to start an entrepreneurial career.

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“…The reliability of the indicators describing entrepreneur's personality have been studied in the earlier studies of the other author (Littunen, 1992;Littunen and Storhammar, 2000).…”

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Differentiating growing ventures from non-growth firms

Littunen

Virtanen²

2006

Entrepreneurship Mgt.

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This is the first step of the studies examining which factors differentiate growing from the non-growth firms. Four hypothesis of new firm performance will be tested with logistic regression method. Venture growth, measured by the growth of turnover, will be explained by entrepreneurial characteristics and motivation, and interaction between the firm and environment. The longitudinal study concentrates on the 86 responses, half of these responses (43) were classified as growing and the other half as non-growth firms.Personality characteristics and environmental factors do not explain the growth but experience, training and motivation are important variables that differentiate growing ventures from non-growth firms.

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The Indicators of Locus of Control in the Small Business Context

Cited by 29 publications

References 21 publications

Aviation Entrepreneur Model (AEM) in Malaysia: A Review

Aviation Entrepreneur Model (AEM) in Malaysia: A Review

The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Intentions in Indigenous Entrepreneurs: The Role of Personal Background on the Antecedents of Intentions

Differentiating growing ventures from non-growth firms

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