Personality: Blessing or Curse? The Entrepreneur’s Path from Personal to Leadership Competencies

Forster Michael (), Parrer Philipp () and Wöss Nina Maria ()
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Forster Michael: Johnstraße 13/15, 1150 Wien, Austria
Parrer Philipp: Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Wien, Austria
Wöss Nina Maria: Spengergasse 37-39, 1050 Wien, Austria

Organizacija, 2013, vol. 46, issue 5, 221-231

Abstract: This paper is based on a study which investigates the relevance of management competencies in Austrian organizations, focusing on start-ups. The study as well as the existing literature confirms that personal competencies such as ambition, selfconfidence or assertiveness are perceived as more important by start-ups than by established companies. However, further results of the paper show that especially leadership competencies play a major role in developing a growing start-up whereas personal competencies fade into the background and can even have a negative impact on turnover growth. In general, the paper discusses special characteristics of competence classes for start-ups and examines differences and similarities in comparison to established companies. As it has already been indicated, the evidence leads to different and surprising considerations for entrepreneurs and growing start-ups.

Keywords: Classes of competencies; entrepreneurship; start-up (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2478/orga-2013-0020

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