Psychological success factors of small scale businesses in Namibia: The roles of strategy process, entrepreneurial orientation and the environment

Michael Frese; Anouk Brantjes; Rogier Hoorn

Psychological success factors of small scale businesses in Namibia: The roles of strategy process, entrepreneurial orientation and the environment

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Psychological success factors of small scale businesses in Namibia: The roles of strategy process, entrepreneurial orientation and the environment. / Frese, Michael; Brantjes, Anouk; Hoorn, Rogier.

in: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Jahrgang 7, Nr. 3, 10.2002, S. 259-282.

Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet

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title = "Psychological success factors of small scale businesses in Namibia: The roles of strategy process, entrepreneurial orientation and the environment",

abstract = "lt is hypothesized that psychological strategy process characteristics, such as complete planning, critical point planning, opportunistic, and reactive, as weil as entrepreneurial orientation (autonomy, innovativeness, competitive aggressiveness, and risk taking) are related to entrepreneurial success. In addition, the research examined whether perceived environmental difficulties moderate this relationship. A cross-sectional interview-based study of 87 small-scale business owners in Namibia was used. Results show that complete planning and a high entrepreneurial orientation of the owners was positively and a reactive strategy was negatively related to business success. Moreover, there were moderator effects of perceived environmental difficulties on the relationship between entrepreneurial orien tation and success.",

keywords = "Psychology, Entrepreneurship, small business, africa, psychology, entrepreneurial orientation, contingency theory, Enviroment",

author = "Michael Frese and Anouk Brantjes and Rogier Hoorn",

year = "2002",

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language = "English",

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pages = "259--282",

journal = "Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship",

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T1 - Psychological success factors of small scale businesses in Namibia: The roles of strategy process, entrepreneurial orientation and the environment

AU - Frese, Michael

AU - Brantjes, Anouk

AU - Hoorn, Rogier

PY - 2002/10

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N2 - lt is hypothesized that psychological strategy process characteristics, such as complete planning, critical point planning, opportunistic, and reactive, as weil as entrepreneurial orientation (autonomy, innovativeness, competitive aggressiveness, and risk taking) are related to entrepreneurial success. In addition, the research examined whether perceived environmental difficulties moderate this relationship. A cross-sectional interview-based study of 87 small-scale business owners in Namibia was used. Results show that complete planning and a high entrepreneurial orientation of the owners was positively and a reactive strategy was negatively related to business success. Moreover, there were moderator effects of perceived environmental difficulties on the relationship between entrepreneurial orien tation and success.

AB - lt is hypothesized that psychological strategy process characteristics, such as complete planning, critical point planning, opportunistic, and reactive, as weil as entrepreneurial orientation (autonomy, innovativeness, competitive aggressiveness, and risk taking) are related to entrepreneurial success. In addition, the research examined whether perceived environmental difficulties moderate this relationship. A cross-sectional interview-based study of 87 small-scale business owners in Namibia was used. Results show that complete planning and a high entrepreneurial orientation of the owners was positively and a reactive strategy was negatively related to business success. Moreover, there were moderator effects of perceived environmental difficulties on the relationship between entrepreneurial orien tation and success.

KW - Psychology

KW - Entrepreneurship

KW - small business

KW - africa

KW - psychology

KW - entrepreneurial orientation

KW - contingency theory

KW - Enviroment

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VL - 7

SP - 259

EP - 282

JO - Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship

JF - Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship

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