Does mentoring reduce entrepreneurial doubt? A longitudinal gendered perspective

Youth Mentoring in Perspective

non-parent adults can powerfully influence the course and quality of adolescents’ lives. Indeed, researchers at the Search Institute identified “adult role models,” “supportive relationship with three or more other adults,” and “adults in community valuing youth” as essential to youth’s health and well-being (Benson, et al., 1998) and access to “ongoing relationships with caring adults” constit...

Mentoring--the trainee's perspective.

All the trainees within the NHS have probably been introduced to appraisals and assessments at some stage in their training. This culture of developmental appraisals and assessments is unfamiliar to many of these doctors and may be found threatening, embarrassing, and even intimidating. In the light of this uncertainty, the appraisal and assessment procedure is often viewed as a redundant and b...

Discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities: A gender perspective

Purpose – The aim of this paper is twofold. On the one hand, it intends to analyze the influence of human capital and social capital on the second of the stages in the process of entrepreneurial creation established by Shane and Venkataraman (2000), the discovery of opportunities for creating a business. Secondly, it aims to analyze the existence of gender differences both in the discovery of o...

Mentoring Honors Thesis Students: A Lawyer’s Perspective

Does Overconfidence Affect Entrepreneurial Investment?

This research examines the affect of overconfidence on the entrepreneurial investment choices of individuals. We argue that individual overconfidence is associated with more aggressive entrepreneurial investment decisions. We show that the propensity of an individual to begin startup activities is positively associated with the individual's level of overconfidence. Furthermore, overconfidence i...