The main objective of this research was to investigate the effect of managerial power on entrepreneurship psychological characteristics of employees in Agriculture Jahad Organizationsof Western Azarbaijan Province. The stratified random sampling method was applied for data collection. In order to collect data, the power assessment questionnaire developed by Hinkin...

This paper provides a meta-analytical review of empirical studies into the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and performance. We first describe the main effects found in the current entrepreneurship literature. We then explain the variance in results across the hundreds of empirical studies by means of an analysis of variance. Five main conclusions result from this meta-analysis...

Several recent studies in entrepreneurship have shown that the propensity for individuals to become entrepreneurs seems to vary considerably by the type of firm for which they work. Many of these studies have hypothesized that this may result from ‘knowledge spillovers’ within the firm or due to ‘entrepreneurial exposure’ to employees’ colleagues. In this paper, we directly test the hypothesis ...

In recent years, entrepreneurship has been gaining more prominence as a potential tool for solving poverty in developing countries. This paper mainly examines the relationship between farmer entrepreneurship and rural poverty alleviation in China by assessing the contribution of farm entrepreneurs towards overcoming poverty. Data were collected from 309 employees of farmer entrepreneurships in ...

Recently there has been a growing interest in the use of corporate entrepreneurship as a means for corporations to enhance the innovative abilities of their employees and, at the same time, increase corporate success through the creation of new corporate ventures. However, the creation of corporate activity is difficult since it involves radically changing internal organisational behaviour patt...

Due to rapid changes of technology and scientific advances in health systems and need for fast planning in health care, entrepreneurial spirit among employers and employees is a crucial element. According to the field of entrepreneurship research has not been solved and where learning and innovation for healthcare organizations due to the nature of the work required. This study aims to examine ...

Despite the central role played by human capital in entrepreneurship, little is known about how employees in entrepreneurial firms are compensated and incentivized. We address this gap in the literature by studying 18,935 non-CEO compensation contracts across 1,809 privately-held venture-backed companies. Our key finding is that employee compensation varies with the degree to which VCs versus f...