Professorship for Psychology, in Particular Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Since August 2009 Michael Frese holds a joint appointment at Leuphana University of Lueneburg and the National University of Singapore, Business School.
His research spans a wide range of basic and applied topics within organizational behavior and work psychology. Most important are the longitudinal studies on psychological effects of unemployment, impact of stress at work, predictors of personal initiative in East Germany and psychological success factors in small scale entrepreneurs. In addition he is studying training - most importantly the concept of error training, leadership training and psychological training for increasing entrepreneurship and personal initiative. Most recently, he has done studies on cultural factors in organization and across nations, as well as research that looks at psychological success factors in entrepreneurs in developing countries and in Europe.
Prof. Frese has authored more than 200 articles and was editor/author of more than 20 books and special issues. He is one of the most frequently cited work and organizational psychologist in Europe.
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Prof. Frese’s research spans a wide range of basic and applied topics within organizational behavior and work psychology. Most important are his longitudinal studies on psychological effects of unemployment, impact of stress at work, predictors of personal initiative in East Germany, as well as psychological success factors of entrepreneurs. He is also known for his cross-national research on innovation. His field studies on errors, error management, and error management culture also have received wide attention.
- 2021
International Congress of Applied Psychology - 2021
Michael Frese (Keynote speaker)
2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
- 2020
Leadership Energy Summit Asia 2020
Michael Frese (Moderator)
16.11.2020 → 19.11.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Indonesia Global Entrepreneurship Network
Michael Frese (Keynote speaker)
04.06.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
- 2019
Development Entrepreneurship and Personal Initiatives: Long term massive randomized experiments on personal inititiative training for entrepreneurs to reduce poverty in developing countries
Michael Frese (Keynote Speaker)
29.10.2019 → 30.10.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
6th International Conference on Entrepreneurship - ICOEN 2019
Michael Frese (Keynote speaker)
30.08.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
25. Forum Risiko- und Sicherheitsmanagement 2019
Michael Frese (Keynote speaker)
28.06.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
- 2018
How to make use of evidence based management in entrepreneurship: The example of Personal Initiative Training
Michael Frese (Keynote Speaker)
27.09.2018 → 29.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
29. International Conference of Applied Psychology - ICAP 2018
Michael Frese (Keynote speaker)
30.06.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Association for Chinese Management Research
Michael Frese (Keynote speaker)
16.06.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
- 2017
Academy of Management Journal (Journal)
Michael Frese (Editorial Board)
2017 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research