Entrepreneurs’ optimism, cognitive style and persistence

Technological Potential Entrepreneurs and Optimism

We have studied the relationship between optimism, pessimism and entrepreneurial attitudes among university undergraduate students (n = 206). We used the revised Life Orientation Test [1] as a measure of optimism and pessimism and we hypothesized that technological potential entrepreneurs are more optimistic and less pessimistic than non-potential entrepreneurs. Our results show a main effect o...

Optimism, Persistence, and Our Collective Crystal Ball

Thank you indeed to Christopher Plowe for the very generous introduction—I think it was perhaps too generous. Chris showed the list of fellows and students who have worked with me at National Institutes of Health (NIH), and great credit really goes to them. I have been fortunate and privileged to have been surrounded by the brilliance of all of these individuals and their accomplishments throug...

The structure of attributional style: Cognitive styles and optimism¬タモpessimism bias in the Attributional Style Questionnaire

Explanatory style models of optimism focus on three aspects of attributions for the causes of positive and negative events: stability, pervasiveness, and internal–external control. These three aspects are predicted to cluster within each valence forming explanatory-style factors and these in turn are predicted to correlate negatively, in line with attributional accounts of depression. Here we r...

Creativity cognitive style, conflict, and career success for creative entrepreneurs ¬リニ

Available online 19 December 2014

Optimism , Adversity and Performance : Comparing Explanatory Style and Aq