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Niess, Christiane and Biemann, Torsten (2014). The Role of Risk Propensity in Predicting Self-Employment. J. Appl. Psychol., 99 (5). S. 1000 - 1010. WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC. ISSN 1939-1854

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Abstract

This study aims to untangle the role of risk propensity as a predictor of self-employment entry and self-employment survival. More specifically, it examines whether the potentially positive effect of risk propensity on the decision to become self-employed turns curvilinear when it comes to the survival of the business. Building on a longitudinal sample of 4,973 individuals from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we used event history analyses to evaluate the influence of risk propensity on self-employment over a 7-year time period. Results indicated that whereas high levels of risk propensity positively predicted the decision to become self-employed, the relationship between risk propensity and self-employment survival followed an inverted U-shaped curve.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Niess, Christiane UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Biemann, Torsten UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-430147
DOI:	10.1037/a0035992
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Appl. Psychol.
Volume:	99
Number:	5
Page Range:	S. 1000 - 1010
Date:	2014
Publisher:	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
Place of Publication:	WASHINGTON
ISSN:	1939-1854
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH; PERSON-ORGANIZATION; VENTURE PERFORMANCE; FIRM FORMATION; MISSING DATA; JOB; METAANALYSIS; AVERSION; WORK; TOO Multiple languages Psychology, Applied; Management Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/43014