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Entrepreneurs and Public-Sector Employees: The Role of Achievement Motivation and Risk in Occupational Choice

Irvin B. Tucker IIIUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte
Pages 259-268 | Published online: 14 Jul 2014
 
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Abstract

Achievement motivation and risk taking are often identified as two dominant characteristics of entrepreneurs. This supposition is tested using a sample of self-employed workers to represent entrepreneurs and government employees as the control group.

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