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  Patterns of Entrepreneurial Career Development: An Optimal Matching Analysis Approach
 
 
Title: Patterns of Entrepreneurial Career Development: An Optimal Matching Analysis Approach
Author: Zacher, Hannes
Biemann, Torsten
Gielnik, Michael M.
Frese, Michael
Appeared in: International journal of developmental science
Paging: Volume 6 (2012) nr. 3-4 pages 177-187
Year: 2012-12-19
Contents: Longitudinal studies of entrepreneurial career development are rare, and current knowledge of self-employment patterns and their relationships with individual difference characteristics is limited. In this study, the authors analyzed employment data from a subsample of 514 participants from the German Socio-Economic Panel study (1984–2008). Results of an optimal matching analysis indicated that a continuous self-employment pattern could be distinguished from four alternative employment patterns (change from employment to self-employment, full-time employees, part-time employees, and farmers). Results of a multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that certain socio-demographic characteristics (i.e., age and gender) and personality characteristics (i.e., conscientiousness and risk-taking propensity) were related to the likelihood of following a continuous self-employment pattern compared to the other employment patterns. Implications for future research on entrepreneurial career development are discussed.
Publisher: IOS Press
Source file: Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
 
 

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