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The Effect of Small Business Managers' Growth Motivation on Firm Growth: A Longitudinal Study

Entrepreneurship theory and practice, 2008-05, Vol.32 (3), p.437-457 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2008 SAGE Publications ;COPYRIGHT 2008 Sage Publications, Inc. ;2008 by Baylor University ;ISSN: 1042-2587 ;ISSN: 1540-6520 ;EISSN: 1540-6520 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2008.00235.x

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Title:
The Effect of Small Business Managers' Growth Motivation on Firm Growth: A Longitudinal Study
Author: Delmar, Frédéric ; Wiklund, Johan
Subjects: Analysis ; Business and economics ; Business growth ; Business management ; Business strategies ; Business studies ; Ekonomi ; Entrepreneurship ; Evaluation ; Företagsekonomi ; Growth ; Longitudinal method ; Management ; Managers ; Mathematical models ; Motivation ; Motivation (Psychology) ; Organizational behavior ; Regression analysis ; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP ; Small and medium sized enterprises ; Small business ; SOCIAL SCIENCES ; Statistical analysis ; Studies ; Sweden ; United States
Is Part Of: Entrepreneurship theory and practice, 2008-05, Vol.32 (3), p.437-457
Description: This study addresses the role of small business managers’ growth motivation for business growth, taking into account the important effects of previous motives and feedback from earlier performance. We hypothesize that small business managers’ growth motivation has a unique influence on firm outcome measured as growth in sales and in number of employees. Data were gathered from two different Swedish samples of small firms using telephone interviews. Using cross–lagged regression analysis, we find support for our hypotheses when examining employment growth, but only partial support when examining sales.
Publisher: Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1042-2587
ISSN: 1540-6520
EISSN: 1540-6520
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2008.00235.x
Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection

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The Effect of Small Business Managers' Growth Motivation on Firm Growth: A Longitudinal Study

2008 SAGE Publications ;COPYRIGHT 2008 Sage Publications, Inc. ;2008 by Baylor University ;ISSN: 1042-2587 ;ISSN: 1540-6520 ;EISSN: 1540-6520 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2008.00235.x

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