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Risk Taking Propensity of Entrepreneurs.

Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 September 1980
R. H. Brockhaus
Citations1,679
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score10.53
SNIP3.95

Abstract

The risk taking propensities of entrepreneurs of new ventures were objectively obtained using the Kogan- Wallach choice dilemmas questionnaire and were compared to those of managers and to normative data developed for the measurement instrument. The findings suggest that risk taking propensity may not be a distinguishing characteristic of entrepreneurs. They refute assumptions based on research that has been subjective and noncomparative and that used established entrepreneurs.

Keywords

Business, Management and Accounting