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Risk attitudes and personality traits of entrepreneurs and venture team members

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  • Sari Pekkala Kerr

    (Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481; National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA 02138)

  • William R. Kerr

    (National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA 02138; Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163)

  • Margaret Dalton

    (Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163)

Abstract

Personality distinctions between entrepreneurs, nonfounder CEOs/leaders, and inventor employees have received limited attention, especially in innovative settings where they are working together. We surveyed these groups, along with other employees of innovative firms, at 4 locations of a prominent innovation and coworking center. Entrepreneurs display the greatest tolerance of risk, even in small gambles, as well as the strongest self-efficacy, internal locus of control, and need for achievement. Nonfounder CEOs/leaders typically sit in between entrepreneurs and employees for personality traits. Entrepreneurs, nonfounder CEOs/leaders, and inventor employees all show more innovative personalities than the noninventor employees in the same companies.

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  • Sari Pekkala Kerr & William R. Kerr & Margaret Dalton, 2019. "Risk attitudes and personality traits of entrepreneurs and venture team members," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 116(36), pages 17712-17716, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nas:journl:v:116:y:2019:p:17712-17716
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