This study compares and contrasts perceptions of entrepreneurship success factors in Estonia and the USA. The 115-item E-World survey is used to highlight differences of implicit beliefs about behaviors and characteristics of successful entrepreneurs between the USA, a country with a long history of entrepreneurial development, and Estonia, a small economy where entrepreneurship has played an important role in the transition from a command to a market economy. Cultural differences and the institutional context emerge as key models in interpreting the social obligations of entrepreneurs, thus linking future orientation and communication, and entrepreneurs’ perceptions of entrepreneurial risks and challenges.
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Tiit Elenurm
Tiit (tiit.elenurm@ebs.ee) is Head of the Entrepreneurship Department of the Estonian Business School. Tiit Elenurm earned his PhD in 1980 with a dissertation entitled “Management of the Process of Implementation of New Organizational Structures”. His research interests include innovative entrepreneurship, knowledge management, corporate governance, and international transfer of management knowledge. He is the author of 127 research publications.Ruth Alas
Ruth Alas (Ruth.Alas@ebs.ee) is the Vice-Rector for Scientific Affairs and Head of Management Department at Estonian Business School. Her research focuses on change and innovation management, crisis management, employee attitudes, learning abilities, organizational culture, leadership, business ethics, and corporate social responsibility. Ruth Alas is Chair of EIASM workshops’ series on “Organizational development and change”, held since 2006.Elizabeth J. Rozell
Elizabeth Rozell received her PhD in Business Administration (Management) from the University of Mississippi. She is a Professor of Management at Missouri State University and has taught for over 20 years. She teaches in the areas of Organizational Behavior at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Dr. Rozell has authored over 50 publications which have appeared in such journals as Personnel Psychology, Group and Organization Studies, and the Journal of Psychology. She has conducted numerous consulting projects in both the private and public sectors. In addition, Dr. Rozell has received several outstanding teaching and research awards. Dr. Rozell is the Kenneth E. Meyer Professor of Management, which was awarded by the College of Business Administration on the basis of her laudable performance in the area of research. Currently, Dr. Rozell serves as the Associate Dean for the College of Business Administration at Missouri State University.Wesley A. Scroggins
Wesley A. Scroggins is an associate professor of management in the College of Business at Missouri State University. He received his PhD in management from New Mexico State University. His current research interests include modeling employee fit perceptions, meaningful work, retention management, and the application of human resource management functions in small business contexts. He has published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Public Personnel Management, Team Performance Management, and the Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal. Dr. Scroggins teaches in the areas of human resource management and organizational behavior at both the undergraduate and graduate level.Carlos J. Alsua
Carlos J. Alsua received his PhD in Business Administration (Management) from the W.P. Carey College of Business at Arizona State University. He is a Professor of Management at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez and Senior Lecturer, International Management and Global Entrepreneurship, at the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, Eller School of Management at the University of Arizona. Dr. Alsua’s interests include cross-cultural management, global entrepreneurship and innovation, leadership, global ethics, positive psychology, intrinsic motivation in an international context, and the implementation of managerial practices and entrepreneurship in developing economies. He has worked for a number of public and private organizations in over four continents and his research appears in academic and practitioner journals, and in numerous national and international conferences.
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