TY - CHAP

T1 - Research Gains

T2 - Benefits of Closer Links Between I/O Psychology and Entrepreneurship

AU - Baron, Robert A.

AU - Frese, Michael

AU - Baum, J. Robert

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - This is an unusual book. It is a cooperative endeavor of authors from the areas of entrepreneurship and industrial and organizational psychology (in short, I/O psychology)—to our knowledge, it is the only book of this kind. Amajor goal of this book is the promoting of closer ties between the fields of I/O psychology and entrepreneurship. The basic rationale behind this goal can be stated succinctly: Increased cooperation between the two fields can be highly beneficial to both. In particular, we believe that the findings, methods, principles, and theories of I/O psychology can assist entrepreneurship in answering several of its most basic questions. Conversely, we suggest that the field of entrepreneurship, with its focus on new ventures, can provide I/O psychology with a novel and potentially valuable arena for testing and extending its findings and theories, most of which have been developed in the context of large, mature organizations.

AB - This is an unusual book. It is a cooperative endeavor of authors from the areas of entrepreneurship and industrial and organizational psychology (in short, I/O psychology)—to our knowledge, it is the only book of this kind. Amajor goal of this book is the promoting of closer ties between the fields of I/O psychology and entrepreneurship. The basic rationale behind this goal can be stated succinctly: Increased cooperation between the two fields can be highly beneficial to both. In particular, we believe that the findings, methods, principles, and theories of I/O psychology can assist entrepreneurship in answering several of its most basic questions. Conversely, we suggest that the field of entrepreneurship, with its focus on new ventures, can provide I/O psychology with a novel and potentially valuable arena for testing and extending its findings and theories, most of which have been developed in the context of large, mature organizations.

KW - Business psychology

KW - Entrepreneurship

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85120463269&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Chapter

SN - 0-8058-5062-7

SN - 9780805850628

T3 - The organizational frontiers series

SP - 347

EP - 373

BT - The Psychology of Entrepreneurship

A2 - Baum, J. Robert

A2 - Frese, Michael

A2 - Baron , Robert A.

PB - Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

CY - Mahwah

ER -