The Importance of Empowerment in Entrepreneurship
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Inside the Mind of the Entrepreneur: Cognition, Personality Traits, Intention, and Gender Behavior. ed. / Ana Tur Porcar; Domingo Ribeiro Soriano. Cham: Springer, 2018. p. 185-206 (Contributions to Management Science).
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TY - CHAP
T1 - The Importance of Empowerment in Entrepreneurship
AU - Henao-Zapata, Daniel
AU - Peiró, José M.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Empowerment comes at a time when global competition and change require people to take initiative and be innovative. Based on the active, persistent, and change-oriented behaviors associated with psychological empowerment, the chapter states that empowerment can contribute to entrepreneurship. The dimensions of empowerment that suggest a theoretical and empirical link with entrepreneurial behavior are discussed. Several propositions regarding the interplay between empowerment and entrepreneurship are formulated. The chapter describes paths to promote empowerment and entrepreneurship in applied context and suggests future directions to advance research on empowerment in the field of entrepreneurship.
AB - Empowerment comes at a time when global competition and change require people to take initiative and be innovative. Based on the active, persistent, and change-oriented behaviors associated with psychological empowerment, the chapter states that empowerment can contribute to entrepreneurship. The dimensions of empowerment that suggest a theoretical and empirical link with entrepreneurial behavior are discussed. Several propositions regarding the interplay between empowerment and entrepreneurship are formulated. The chapter describes paths to promote empowerment and entrepreneurship in applied context and suggests future directions to advance research on empowerment in the field of entrepreneurship.
KW - Active performance
KW - Empowerment
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Business psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85057844000&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-62455-6_14
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-62455-6_14
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85057844000
SN - 978-3-319-62454-9
SN - 978-3-319-87316-9
T3 - Contributions to Management Science
SP - 185
EP - 206
BT - Inside the Mind of the Entrepreneur
A2 - Porcar, Ana Tur
A2 - Ribeiro Soriano, Domingo
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
ER -