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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Can Becoming a Leader Change Your Personality? An Investigation with Two Longitudinal Studies from a Role-Based Perspective
Li, W-D., Li, S., Feng, J., Wang, M., Zhou, H. Z., Frese, M. & Wu, C-H., 06.2021, In: Journal of Applied Psychology. 106, 6, p. 882-901 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Can personal initiative training improve small business success? A longitudinal South African evaluation study
Solomon, G., Frese, M., Friedrich, C. & Glaub, M., 11.2013, In: The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. 14, 4, p. 255-268 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Climate for personal initiative and radical and incremental innovation in firms: A validation study
Fischer, S., Frese, M., Mertins, J. C. & Hardt, J. V., 2014, In: Journal of Enterprising Culture. 22, 1, p. 91-109 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Construct Clean-Up in Proactivity Research: A Meta-Analysis on the Nomological Net of Work-Related Proactivity Concepts and their Incremental Validities
Tornau, K. & Frese, M., 01.01.2013, In: Applied Psychology. 62, 1, p. 44-96 53 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Contagion of Entrepreneurial Passion: Effects on Employee Outcomes
Hubner, S., Baum, M. & Frese, M., 01.11.2020, In: Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice. 44, 6, p. 1112-1140 29 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Creativity in the opportunity identification process and the moderating effect of diversity of information
Gielnik, M., Frese, M., Graf, J. M. & Kampschulte, A., 01.09.2012, In: Journal of Business Venturing. 27, 5, p. 559-576 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cultural Practices, Norms, and Values
Frese, M., 01.11.2015, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 46, 10, p. 1327-1330 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Deliberate practice among South African small business owners: Relationships with education, cognitive ability, knowledge, and success
Unger, J., Keith, N., Hilling, C., Gielnik, M. & Frese, M., 03.2009, In: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 82, 1, p. 21-44 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Different approaches to learning from errors: Comparing the effectiveness of high reliability and error management approaches
Klamar, A., Horvath, D., Frese, M. & Keith, N., 01.09.2024, In: Safety Science. 177, 15 p., 106578.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Different ways lead to ambidexterity: Configurations for team innovation across China, India, and Singapore
Deng, W., Hubner-Benz, S., Frese, M. & Song, Z., 01.06.2023, In: Journal of International Management. 29, 3, 101027.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review