DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN A DIVERSE SOCIAL SETTING-EVIDENCE FROM AUSTRALIAN AND SINGAPOREAN MANAGERS

Cecil A. L. Pearson and Samir R. Chatterjee
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Cecil A. L. Pearson: Commerce Programme, Murdoch University, Australia
Samir R. Chatterjee: Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), 2001, vol. 09, issue 03, 273-289

Abstract: Despite the growing acceptance that entrepreneurship facilitates national economic growth there has been a lack of research in diverse international contexts. This paper assesses relationships between contextual work setting properties and three personality characteristics that have been identified in the Western literature as being associated with entrepreneurial motivation. Responses from 410 Australian and Singaporean entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs demonstrate on the one hand there was systematic entrepreneurial variation between the two countries, but on the other hand, the influence of personal attributes on entrepreneurship were not hampered by geographic boundaries. The findings are discussed in terms of challenges for international entrepreneurship.

Date: 2001
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