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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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 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
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Entrepreneurship as a key element in advancing the psychology of competitive advantage. Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Rauch, A. & Frese, M., 03.2012, In: Industrial and Organizational Psychology. 5, 1, p. 108-111 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Es gibt so viel zu, warum gegen evidenzbasiertes Management polemisieren? Ein Plädoyer gegen die Bedeutungslosigkeit der Managementforschung
Frese, M., 06.2013, In: Die Betriebswirtschaft. 73, 3, p. 221-232 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Establishing the next generation at work: Leader generativity as a moderator of the relationships between leader age, leader-member exchange, and leadership success
Zacher, H., Rosing, K., Henning, T. & Frese, M., 03.2011, In: Psychology and Aging. 26, 1, p. 241-252 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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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Happy and proactive ? The role of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in business owners’ personal initiative
Hahn, V., Frese, M., Binnewieser, C. & Schmitt, A., 01.2012, In: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 36, 1, p. 97-114 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How passion in entrepreneurship develops over time: A self-regulation perspective
Lex, M., Gielnik, M. M., Spitzmuller, M., Jacob, G. H. & Frese, M., 01.07.2022, In: Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice. 46, 4, p. 985-1018 34 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How to Induce an Error Management Climate: Experimental Evidence from Newly Formed Teams
Horvath, D., Keith, N., Klamar, A. & Frese, M., 08.2023, In: Journal of Business and Psychology. 38, 4, p. 763-775 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Human capital and entrepreneurial success: A meta-analytical review
Unger, J., Rauch, A., Frese, M. & Rosenbusch, N., 05.2011, In: Journal of Business Venturing. 26, 3, p. 341-358 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Humane Orientation as a New Cultural Dimension of the GLOBE Project: A Validation Study of the GLOBE Scale and Out-Group Humane Orientation in 25 Countries
Schloesser, O., Frese, M., Heintze, A. M., Al-Najjar, M., Arciszewski, T., Besevegis, E. G., Bishop, G. D., Bonnes, M., Clegg, C. W., Drozda-Senkowska, E., Gaborit, M., Garzon, D., Hansen, T., Heszen, I., Juhász, M., Keating, M. A. & Mangundjaya, W., 05.2013, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 44, 4, p. 535-551 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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If You Have a Hammer, You Only Look for Nails: The Relationship Between the Einstellung Effect and Business Opportunity Identification
Sahai, R. & Frese, M., 07.2019, In: Journal of Small Business Management. 57, 3, p. 927-942 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Increasing personal initiative in small business managers or owners leads to entrepreneurial success: A theory-based controlled randomized field intervention for evidence-based management
Glaub, M., Frese, M., Fischer, S. & Hoppe, M., 01.09.2014, In: Academy of Management Learning & Education. 13, 3, p. 354-379 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Inducing Error Management Culture – Evidence From Experimental Team Studies
Klamar, A., Horvath, D., Keith, N. & Frese, M., 21.01.2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 18 p., 716915.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Informal Learning and Entrepreneurial Success: A Longitudinal Study of Deliberate Practice Among Small Business Owners
Keith, N., Unger, J. M., Rauch, A. J. & Frese, M., 01.07.2016, In: Applied Psychology. 65, 3, p. 515-540 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Initiative in work teams: Lever between authentic leadership and results
Lisbona, A., Hayas, A. L., Palací, F. J. & Frese, M., 06.05.2021, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 9, 13 p., 4947.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Intraindividual variability in identity centrality: Examining the dynamics of perceived role progress and state identity centrality
Tripathi, N., Zhu, J., Jacob, G. H., Frese, M. & Gielnik, M. M., 08.2020, In: Journal of Applied Psychology. 105, 8, p. 889-906 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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"I put in effort, therefore I am passionate": Investigating the path from effort to passion in entrepreneurship
Gielnik, M. M., Spitzmuller, M., Schmitt, A., Klemann, K. & Frese, M., 01.08.2015, In: Academy of Management Journal. 58, 4, p. 1012-1031 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Is personal initiative training a substitute or complement to the existing human capital of women? Results from a randomized trial in Togo
Campos, F., Frese, M., Goldstein, M., Iacovone, L., Johnson, H. C., McKenzie, D. & Mensmann, M., 2018, In: American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings. 108, p. 256-261 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Maintaining a focus on opportunities at work: The interplay between age, job complexity, and the use of selection, optimization, and compensation strategies
Zacher, H. & Frese, M., 02.2011, In: Journal of Organizational Behavior. 32, 2, p. 291-318 28 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Motivation related to work: A century of progress
Kanfer, R., Frese, M. & Johnson, R. E., 01.03.2017, In: Journal of Applied Psychology. 102, 3, p. 338-355 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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National culture and cultural orientations of owners affecting the innovation-growth relationship in five countries
Rauch, A., Frese, M., Wang, Z-M., Unger, J., Lozada, M., Kupcha, V. & Spirina, T., 01.12.2013, In: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. 25, 9-10, p. 732-755 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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On the Importance of a Motivational Agency Variable: Being a Formal Business in Developing Countries Is Only Helpful for Growth if Business Owners Show a High Degree of Personal Initiative
Jacob, G. H., Frese, M., Krauss, S. I. & Friedrich, C., 09.2019, In: Journal of Applied Psychology. 104, 9, p. 1181-1194 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Organisational age cultures: The interplay of chief executive officers age and attitudes toward younger and older employees
Zacher, H. & Gielnik, M., 05.2014, In: International Small Business Journal . 32, 3, p. 327-349 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Patterns of entrepreneurial career development: An optimal matching analysis approach
Zacher, H., Biemann, T., Gielnik, M. & Frese, M., 2012, In: International Journal of Developmental Science. 6, 3-4, p. 177-187 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Personal initiative training for small business owners
Frese, M., Hass, L. & Friedrich, C., 2016, In: Journal of Business Venturing Insights. 5, p. 27-36 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Personality-based selection of entrepreneurial borrowers to reduce credit risk: Two studies on prediction models in low- and high-stakes settings in developing countries
Dlugosch, T., Klinger, B., Frese, M. & Klehe, U., 06.2018, In: Journal of Organizational Behavior. 39, 5, p. 612-628 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Positive impact of entrepreneurship training on entrepreneurial behavior in a vocational training setting
Gielnik, M. M., Frese, M., Bischoff, K. M., Muhangi, G. & Omoo, F., 15.07.2016, In: Africa Journal of Management. 2, 3, p. 330-348 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Primed Goals and Primed Actions: A Commentary from an Action Theory Point of View
Frese, M., 01.2021, In: Applied Psychology. 70, 1, p. 262-267 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Psychological training for entrepreneurs to take action: Contributing to poverty reduction in developing countries
Frese, M., Gielnik, M. M. & Mensmann, M., 01.06.2016, In: Current Directions in Psychological Science. 25, 3, p. 196-202 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Putting job design in context: Introduction to the special issue
Grant, A. M., Fried, Y., Parker, S. K. & Frese, M., 01.02.2010, In: Journal of Organizational Behavior. 31, 2-3, p. 145-157 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Reciprocal Relationship Between Proactive Personality and Work Characteristics: A Latent Change Score Approach
Li, W-D., Fay, D., Frese, M., Harms, P. D. & Gao, X. Y., 09.2014, In: The Journal of applied psychology. 99, 5, p. 948-965 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Reciprocal Relationships Between Dispositional Optimism and Work Experiences: A Five-Wave Longitudinal Investigation
Li, W. D., Li, S., Fay, D. & Frese, M., 01.12.2019, In: Journal of Applied Psychology. 104, 12, p. 1471-1486 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Remaining time and opportunities at work: Relationships between age, work characteristics, and occupational future time perspective
Zacher, H. & Frese, M., 01.06.2009, In: Psychology and Aging. 24, 2, p. 487-493 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Teaching personal initiative beats traditional training in boosting small business in West Africa
Campos, F., Frese, M., Goldstein, M., Iacovone, L., Johnson, H. C., McKenzie, D. & Mensmann, M., 22.09.2017, In: Science. 357, 6357, p. 1287-1290 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The affective shift model of work engagement
Bledow, R., Schmitt, A., Frese, M. & Kühnel, J., 01.11.2011, In: Journal of Applied Psychology. 96, 6, p. 1246-1257 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The buffering effect of selection, optimization, and compensation strategy use on the relationship between problem solving demands and occupational well-being: a daily diary study
Schmitt, A., Zacher, H. & Frese, M., 01.04.2012, In: Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 17, 2, p. 139-149 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The effectiveness of cohesive and diversified networks: A meta-analysis
Rauch, A. J., Rosenbusch, N., Unger, J. & Frese, M., 01.02.2016, In: Journal of Business Research. 69, 2, p. 554–568 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Effectiveness of the Effectuation Approach on Opportunity Identificaton and Pursuit: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Field Experiment
Zhu, J., Bischoff, K. M., Frese, M., Gielnik, M., Handrich, E. & Bellstedt, D., 15.12.2021, In: Academy of Management Learning & Education. 20, 4, p. 562-577 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The effects of work engagement and self-efficacy on personal initiative and performance
Lisbona, A., Palaci, F., Salanova, M. & Frese, M., 02.2018, In: Psicothema. 30, 1, p. 89-96 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The emergence of evidence-based entrepreneurship
Frese, M., Rousseau, D. M. & Wiklund, J., 03.03.2014, In: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 38, 2, p. 209-216 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The impact of soft-skills training for entrepreneurs in Jamaica
Ubfal, D., Arráiz, I., Beuermann, D. W., Frese, M., Maffioli, A. & Verch, D., 01.04.2022, In: World Development. 152, 105787.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review