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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A situational judgment test of personal initiative and its relationship to performance
Bledow, R. & Frese, M., 01.2009, In: Personnel Psychology. 62, 2, p. 229-258 29 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A temporal analysis of how entrepreneurial goal intentions, positive fantasies, and action planning affect starting a new venture and when the effects wear off.
Gielnik, M., Barabas, S., Frese, M., Namatovu-Dawa, R., Scholz, F., Metzger, J. & Walter, T., 01.11.2014, In: Journal of Business Venturing. 29, 6, p. 755-772 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biology (prenatal testosterone), psychology (achievement need) and entrepreneurial impact
Unger, J., Rauch, A. J., Weis, S. E. & Frese, M., 01.12.2015, In: Journal of Business Venturing Insights. 4, p. 1-5 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Business owners' network size and business growth in China: The role of comprehensive social competency
Zhao, X-Y., Frese, M. & Giardini, A., 11.2010, In: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. 22, 7-8, p. 675-705 31 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 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