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.
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Explaining the Heterogeneity of the Leadership-Innovation Relationship: Ambidextrous Leadership
Rosing, K., Frese, M. & Bausch, A., 10.2011, In: The Leadership Quarterly. 22, 5, p. 956–974 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Extending and refining the dialectic perspective on innovation: There is nothing as practical as a good theory; nothing as theoretical as a good practice
Bledow, R., Frese, M., Anderson, N., Erez, M. & Farr, J., 09.2009, In: Industrial and Organizational Psychology. 2, 3, p. 363-373 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Failure to Learn From Failure Is Mitigated by Loss-Framing and Corrective Feedback: A Replication and Test of the Boundary Conditions of the Tune-Out Effect
Keith, N., Horvath, D., Klamar, A. & Frese, M., 01.08.2022, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 151, 8, p. 19-25 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Family involvement in Chinese and German Small Business
Schmitt, A. & Frese, M., 2011, In: Journal of Enterprising Culture. 19, 3, p. 261-285 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Focus on opportunities as a boundary condition of the relationship between job control and work engagement: A multi-sample, multi-method study
Schmitt, A., Zacher, H. & de Lange, A. H., 01.10.2013, In: European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. 22, 5, p. 505-519 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Focus on opportunities as a mediator of the relationship between business owner's age and venture growth
Gielnik, M., Zacher, H. & Frese, M., 01.2012, In: Journal of Business Venturing. 27, 1, p. 127-142 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Focus on opportunities as a mediator of the relationships between age, job complexity, and work performance
Zacher, H., Heusner, S., Schmitz, M., Zwierzanska, M. M. & Frese, M., 01.06.2010, In: Journal of Vocational Behavior. 76, 3, p. 374-386 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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FROM THE EDITORS ERRORS IN ORGANIZATIONS: NEW FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
Carroll, J. S., Christianson, M. K., Frese, M., Lei, Z., Naveh, E. & Vogus, T. J., 01.12.2021, In: Academy of Management Discoveries. 7, 4, p. 451-460 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Führen mit Visionen
Frese, M., 05.2013, Die ZEIT erklärt die Wissenschaft: was man wirklich wissen muss: Betriebswirtschaft. Heuser, U. J. & Spoun, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Hamburg: Murmann Verlag GmbH, Vol. 2. p. 47-53 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Goal directed behavior: the concept of Action in Psychology
Frese, M. (ed.) & Sabini, J. (ed.), 1985, New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 436 p. (Psychology Revivals)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research